गाली

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Per Turner and Dasa, inherited from Prakrit गालि (gāli), गाली (gālī), from Sanskrit गालि (gāli, “abuse, abusive language”), with further etymology uncertain.[1][2]
  • Per Hoernlé, inherited from Prakrit *गल्हिआ (galhiā), *गर्हिआ (garhiā), from Sanskrit गर्हिका (garhikā), from गर्ह् (garh) + -इका (-ikā),[3] while per Platts, from Prakrit गरिहा (garihā), from Sanskrit गर्हा (garhā, “censure, abuse”), also ultimately from the root गर्ह् (garh).[4]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.liː/, [ɡäː.liː]
  • Hyphenation: गा‧ली
  • Rhymes: -ɑːliː, -iː

Noun

गाली • (gālī) f (Urdu spelling گالی)

  1. abuse, abusive language
  2. invective

Declension

Declension of गाली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct गाली
gālī 		गालियाँ
gāliyā̃
oblique गाली
gālī 		गालियों
gāliyõ
vocative गाली
gālī 		गालियो
gāliyo

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gāli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 222
  2. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “गाली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1277
  3. ^ Hoernlé, A. F. Rudolf (1880), A Comparative Grammar of the Gaudian Languages With Special Reference to the Eastern Hindi […] ‎[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 78
  4. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “گالي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 892

Nepali

Pronunciation

Noun

गाली • (gālī)

  1. scolding, abuse
  2. rebuke, admonition, reprimand
  3. swear

Derived terms

References

  • “गाली”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[2], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “गाली”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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