दहलीज़
Hindi
Etymology
From Persian دهلیز (dehliz).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d̪ɛːʱ.liːz/
- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
दहलीज़ • (dahlīz) f
- threshold, boundary, limit
- Synonyms: सीमा (sīmā), हद (had), देहली (dehlī)
- (by extension) an entrance
Declension
| Declension of दहलीज़ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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, page 486