دلی

See also: دلى and دلي

Urdu

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi दिल्ली (dillī).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

دِلّی • (dillī) f (Hindi spelling दिल्ली)

1. (India, informal) Alternative form of دِہْلی (dihlī, “Delhi”)

Usage notes

This term is mainly used informally. The standard term for Delhi in Urdu is دہلی (dehlī).

See also

• (Union territories) یونین علاقہ (yūniyan ilāqā); جزائر انڈمان و نکوبار (jazāir-e-anḍamān-o-nikobār), چنڈی گڑھ (candī-gaṛh), دادرا و نگر حویلی و دمن و دیو (dādrā-o-nagar-havailī-o-daman-o-dīv), دہلی (dihlī), جموں و کشمیر (jammū̃-o-kaśmīr), لداخ (laddāx), لکشادیپ (lakśādīp), پدوچیری (pudūcerī), ^{(Category: ur:Union territories of India)}