भेलपूरी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• भेलपुरी (bhelpurī)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí

Sanskrit अभि- (abhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Sanskrit अभिवृत् (abhivṛt)aph.?

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ)der.

Prakrit 𑀪𑁂𑀮𑁂𑀇 (bhelei)der.

Hindi भेल (bhel)

Sanskrit पूर (pūra)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra)

Hindi पूरी (pūrī)

Hindi भेलपूरी (bhelpūrī)

Compound of भेल (bhel) +‎ पूरी (pūrī).

Cognates

Compare Assamese ভেলপুৰী (bhelpuri), Bengali ভেলপুরী (bhelpuri), Punjabi ਭੇਲਪੁਰੀ (bhelpurī), Marathi भेळपुरी (bheḷpurī), Gujarati ભેળપૂરી (bheḷpūrī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱeːl.puː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: भेल‧पू‧री

Noun

भेलपूरी • (bhelpūrī) f (Urdu spelling بھیلْپُورِی or بھیل پُورِی)

1. bhelpuri (Indian dish)
   • 1995 and 2020, “मैं तो रस्ते से जा रहा था … तुझको मिर्ची लगी तो मैं क्या करूँ [ma͠i to raste se jā rahā thā … tujhko mircī lagī to ma͠i kyā karū̃]”, in original and remake: Sameer (lyrics), original: Anand–Milind, remake: Lijo George, DJ Chetas (music), original: Coolie No. 1 (1995 film), remake: Coolie No. 1 (2020 film), performed by (original and remake) Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik:

     मैं तो रस्ते से जा रहा था
     मैं तो भेलपूरी खा रहा था
     मैं तो लड़की घुमा रहा था
     हो, रस्ते से जा रहा था, भेलपूरी खा रहा था, लड़की घुमा रहा था
     तुझको मिर्ची लगी तो मैं क्या करूँ
     तुझको मिर्ची लगी तो मैं क्या करूँ

     ma͠i to raste se jā rahā thā
     ma͠i to bhelpūrī khā rahā thā
     ma͠i to laṛkī ghumā rahā thā
     ho, raste se jā rahā thā, bhelpūrī khā rahā thā, laṛkī ghumā rahā thā
     tujhko mircī lagī to ma͠i kyā karū̃
     tujhko mircī lagī to ma͠i kyā karū̃

     I was simply going by the path
     I was just eating bhelpuri
     I was just showing round the girl
     Oh, I was simply going by the path, I was eating bhelpuri, I was showing round the girl
     [If] you were offended, then what should I do?
     [If] you were offended, then what should I do?

Declension

Declension of भेलपूरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भेलपूरी bhelpūrī	भेलपूरियाँ bhelpūriyā̃
oblique	भेलपूरी bhelpūrī	भेलपूरियों bhelpūriyõ
vocative	भेलपूरी bhelpūrī	भेलपूरियो bhelpūriyo

See also

• पूरी (pūrī)