دهلی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian ‎ (dihlī).

Proper noun

دهلی • (Dihli)

Delhi (a city in India)

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دهلی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 931

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dih.liː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e̞ɦ.liː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɪ.liː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪i.liː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɦ.liː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪eɦ.li]

Readings
Classical reading^?	dihlī
Dari reading^?	dehlī
Iranian reading^?	dehli
Tajik reading^?	dehli

Proper noun

دِهْلی • (dehli)


Iranian Persian	دهلی
Dari	دهلی
Tajik	Деҳлӣ

Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

Derived terms

دهلوی‎ (dehlavi)
دهلی نو‎ (dehli-ye now)

Descendants

Descendants

→ Arabic: دِهْلِي‎ (dihlī)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دهلی‎ (Dihli)
→ Urdu: دہلی‎ (dihlī)
- → Arabic: دِهْلِي‎ (dihlī)
- → English: Delhi
  - → Arabic: دِلْهِي‎ (dilhī)
  - → Chinese: 德里 (Délǐ)
  - → Greek: Δελχί (Delchí)
  - → Hebrew: דֵלְהִי‎ (delhī)
  - → Japanese: デリー (Derī)
  - → Turkish: Delhi
- → Kannada: ದೆಹಲಿ (dehali)

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