دهلی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian دهلی (dihlī).

Proper noun

دهلی • (Dihli)

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

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دهلی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 931

Persian

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪e̞ɦ.liː]

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

• (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)

Dari	دهلی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Деҳлӣ

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

Derived terms

• دهلوی (dehlavi)
• دهلی نو (dehli-ye now)
• حضرت دهلی (hazrat-e dehli, “Delhi the Sacred; a title used when referring to the city”)

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)