बाली

Hindi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit वालक (vālaka), ultimately from the root Sanskrit वल् (val). Compare Hindi बाला (bālā, braclet). [1]

Noun

बाली • (bālīf (Urdu spelling بالی)

  1. a kind of earring with pendants
Declension
Declension of बाली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बाली
bālī
बालियाँ
bāliyā̃
oblique बाली
bālī
बालियों
bāliyõ
vocative बाली
bālī
बालियो
bāliyo

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit वल्ल (valla), [2]

Noun

बाली • (bālīf (Urdu spelling بالی)

  1. an ear of corn
Declension
Declension of बाली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बाली
bālī
बालियाँ
bāliyā̃
oblique बाली
bālī
बालियों
bāliyõ
vocative बाली
bālī
बालियो
bāliyo

Etymology 3

From बाल (bāl, child) +‎ -ई ()

Adjective

बाली • (bālī) (Urdu spelling بالی)

  1. of tender age.
    उसे 12 साल की "बाली" सी उमर मे ही अपनी घर की ज़िम्मेदारीयाँ अपने कान्धो पर उठानी पड़ी थी।
    use 12 sāl kī "bālī" sī umar me hī apnī ghar kī zimmedārīyā̃ apne kāndho par uṭhānī paṛī thī.
    At the tender age of just 12, she had to take the responsibilities of her household upon her shoulders.

Proper noun

बाली • (bālīf

  1. Bali (an island and province of Indonesia)
Declension
Declension of बाली (sg-only fem ī-stem)
singular
direct बाली
bālī
oblique बाली
bālī
vocative बाली
bālī

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vālaka bālī ear-ring”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “valla corn”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press