گلی

See also: كلي‎ and کلی‎

Mazanderani

Etymology

Compare Persian ‎ (gelu), Latin gula.

Noun

گلی (gali)

(anatomy) throat

Persian

Etymology 1

From ‎ (gel, “mud”) +‎ ‎ (-ī, “adjective forming suffix”).

Adjective

گلی • (geli)

muddy

Etymology 2

From ‎ (gol, “flower, rose”) +‎ ‎ (-ī, “adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliː/

Adjective

گلی • (goli)

rosy, rose-colored

Noun

گلی • (goli)

(dialectal) cat

Proper noun

گلی • (goli)

a female given name, Goli
a surname

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoˈlliː/

Noun

گلی • (golli)

(anatomy, dialectal) throat

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “گلی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀮𑀻 (*galī). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਲੀ (galī) / گَلی‎ (galī), Gujarati ગલી (galī), Sindhi ڳَليِ‎ / ॻली, Marathi गल्ली (gallī), Bengali গলি (gôli).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡə.liː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

street
alleyway

Declension

Declension of گلی
	singular	plural
direct	گَلِی‎ (galī)	گَلِیاں‎ (galiyā̃)
oblique	گَلِی‎ (galī)	گَلِیوں‎ (galiyō̃)
vocative	گَلِی‎ (galī)	گَلِیو‎ (galiyō)

References

“گلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“گلی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “galī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press