तँबोली

Hindi

Alternative forms

• तमोली (tamolī), तंबोली (tambolī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀅 (taṃbolia), from Sanskrit ताम्बूलिक (tāmbūlika). Doublet of तांबूलिक (tāmbūlik).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əm.boː.liː/, [t̪ɐ̃m.boː.liː]

Noun

तँबोली • (tambolī) m (Urdu spelling تمبولی)

1. betelseller

   Synonyms: पनवाड़ी (panvāṛī), तांबूलिक (tāmbūlik)

   • 2008, Shrilal Shukla, मकान [makān], Radhakrishna Prakashan, →ISBN, page 27:

     तँबोलियों की दुकानों पर रेडियों बज रहे थे।

     tamboliyõ kī dukānõ par reḍiyõ baj rahe the.

     Radios were playing in the shops of betel-sellers.

Declension

Declension of तँबोली (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तँबोली tambolī	तँबोली tambolī
oblique	तँबोली tambolī	तँबोलियों tamboliyõ
vocative	तँबोली tambolī	तँबोलियो tamboliyo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तँबोली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1990
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तँबोली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 432