सहेली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀻 (sahī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮- (-la-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɦeː.liː/, [sɐ.ɦeː.liː]

Noun

सहेली • (sahelī) f (Urdu spelling سَہیلی)

1. a female friend

   Synonyms: सखी (sakhī), अली (alī)

   Hypernyms: दोस्त (dost), मित्र (mitra)

   • 2009, Vanshidhar Tiwari, दो धर्मों का संगम [do dharmõ kā saṅgam], Atmaram & Sons, →ISBN, page 76:

     हसीना की सहेलियाँ सभी आगन्तुकों का स्वागत कर बैठा रही थीं।

     hasīnā kī saheliyā̃ sabhī āgantukõ kā svāgat kar baiṭhā rahī thī̃.

     Hasina's girlfriends were welcoming the guests and getting them seated.

Declension

Declension of सहेली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सहेली sahelī	सहेलियाँ saheliyā̃
oblique	सहेली sahelī	सहेलियों saheliyõ
vocative	सहेली sahelī	सहेलियो saheliyo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सहेली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 999
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सहेली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5036
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सहेली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 647.
• “सहेली”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.