ادلی

Persian

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Mongolic *adalï (“similar, same as”). Compare Mongolian адил (adil, “similar”), Mogholi آدَال (ādāl /⁠adali⁠/, “similar”),[1] and Mongghul dali.

Pronunciation

    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäd̪.li], [ʔäl.li]

Readings
Dari reading? adlī, allī

Preposition

ادلی • (adlī)

  1. (Hazaragi, dialectal) alike, resembling (similar to)
    آدم ادلی! ― ādam adlī! ― behave! (literally, “[act] like a human!”)

Usage notes

  • Used similarly to وَاری (wārē), see there for more.

References

  1. ^ Shinobu Iwamura (1961), The Zirni Manuscript: A Persian-Mongolian Glossary and Grammar‎[1], Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto University Press, page 13

Further reading

  • Malistani, Tariq (1993), “ادلی”, in فرهنگ ابتدائی ملی هزاره [farhang-i ibtidā'ī millī-yi hazāra]‎[2] (PDF), SIL International
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