خالہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاله (xâle), from Arabic خالة (ḵāla).

Noun

خالَہ • (xāla) f (Hindi spelling ख़ाला)

  1. maternal aunt

Declension
Declension of خالہ
singular plural
direct خالہ (xālah) خالائیں (xālā'ẽ)
oblique خالہ (xālah) خالاؤں (xālāõ)
vocative خالہ (xālah) خالاؤ (xālāo)

References
  • “خالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “خالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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