تتلی

See also: تتلي, تبلي, and تتلى

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تتلی

From Middle Hindi تیتری (tytry /⁠tītrī⁠/)^[1] / تتری (titrī),^[2] from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀺 (tittiri), ultimately from Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittirá).^[3] Dasa, Qureshi relate it to تِیتَر (tītar, “partridge”).^[4]^[5]

تِتْلی • (titlī) f (Hindi spelling तितली)

butterfly
- 1972, مِینا کُماری ناز [mīnā kumārī nāz], تنہا چاند [tanhā cānd, Lonely Moon]‎^[1], page 89:
  لمحے اُڑتے ہیں کبھی یا تو تتلیوں کی طرح یا کبھی خوشبوؤں کی مانند چیخ اُٹھتے ہیں
  lamhe uṛte hẽ kabhī yā to titliyõ kī tarh yā kabhī xūśabvũ kī mānind cīx uṭhte hẽ
  Moments fly away, sometimes like butterflies, or sometimes they scream like fragrances.
(figurative) elegantly-dressed woman
common rue (Ruta graveolens)

^ “تیتری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ “تتری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tittirá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تتلی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तितली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

“تتلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“تتلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تتلی”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tītarī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press