दहलीज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دهلیز (dahlīz).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɦ.liːz/, [d̪ɛʱ.liːz], /d̪əɦ.liːd͡ʒ/, [d̪ɛʱ.liːd͡ʒ]
• Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

दहलीज़ • (dahlīz) f (Urdu spelling دہلیز)

1. threshold, boundary, limit

   Synonyms: सीमा (sīmā), हद (had), देहली (dehlī)

2. (by extension) an entrance

Declension

Declension of दहलीज़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दहलीज़ dahlīz	दहलीज़ें dahlīzẽ
oblique	दहलीज़ dahlīz	दहलीज़ों dahlīzõ
vocative	दहलीज़ dahlīz	दहलीज़ो dahlīzo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दहलीज़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press