ख़ाली
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- खाली (khālī) (nuqtaless)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian خالی (xālī), from Arabic خَالٍ (ḵālin). Compare Assamese খালী (khali), Bengali খালি (khali), Malayalam കാലി (kāli), Sylheti ꠈꠣꠟꠤ (xáli).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ख़ाली • (xālī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خالی)
Noun
[edit]ख़ाली • (xālī) m (Urdu spelling خالی)
- (Hindustani Classical Music) an empty matra in a tala, represented by a swish of the hand and marked by ०
- तीनताल का ख़ाली नौवी मात्रा पर होती है ― tīntāl kā xālī nauvī mātrā par hotī hai
References
[edit]- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ाली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.