ताली

See also: तौल, तूलि, तिल, तुला, ताला, तल, and तेल

Hindi

Etymology

Formed as a feminine form of ताला (tālā), which is ultimately from Sanskrit ताल (tāla).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑː.liː/, [t̪äː.liː]

Noun

ताली • (tālī) f (Urdu spelling تالی)

1. key

   Synonyms: चाबी (cābī), कुंजी (kuñjī)

2. clapping, applause

   ताली बजाना ― tālī bajānā ― to applaud

Declension

Declension of ताली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ताली tālī	तालियाँ tāliyā̃
oblique	ताली tālī	तालियों tāliyõ
vocative	ताली tālī	तालियो tāliyo

Derived terms

• ताली बजाना (tālī bajānā, verb)

Related terms

• ताला m (tālā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তালী (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
• তালী (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• တာလီ (Burmese script)
• તાલી (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾಲೀ (Kannada script)
• តាលី (Khmer script)
• ຕາລີ (Lao script)
• താലീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
• ତାଲୀ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
• තාලී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
• தாலீ (Tamil script)
• తాలీ (Telugu script)
• ตาลี (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine form of ताल (tāla), formed with -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑː.liː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɑː.l̪iː/

Noun

ताली • (tālī) stem, f

1. name of several trees
2. toddy
3. a fragrant earth
4. a key
5. a metre of 4 x 3 long syllables

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of ताली (tālī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ताली tālī	ताल्यौ / ताली¹ tālyau / tālī¹	ताल्यः / तालीः¹ tālyaḥ / tālīḥ¹
Vocative	तालि tāli	ताल्यौ / ताली¹ tālyau / tālī¹	ताल्यः / तालीः¹ tālyaḥ / tālīḥ¹
Accusative	तालीम् tālīm	ताल्यौ / ताली¹ tālyau / tālī¹	तालीः tālīḥ
Instrumental	ताल्या tālyā	तालीभ्याम् tālībhyām	तालीभिः tālībhiḥ
Dative	ताल्यै tālyai	तालीभ्याम् tālībhyām	तालीभ्यः tālībhyaḥ
Ablative	ताल्याः / ताल्यै² tālyāḥ / tālyai²	तालीभ्याम् tālībhyām	तालीभ्यः tālībhyaḥ
Genitive	ताल्याः / ताल्यै² tālyāḥ / tālyai²	ताल्योः tālyoḥ	तालीनाम् tālīnām
Locative	ताल्याम् tālyām	ताल्योः tālyoḥ	तालीषु tālīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ताली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 445.