سہیلی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सखि (sakhi, “friend, companion”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo, from the root *sekʷ- (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَہیلی • (sahelī) f (Hindi spelling सहेली)

  1. female friend, companion
    Synonym: دوست (dost)

Declension
Declension of سہیلی
singular plural
direct سہیلی (sahelī) سہیلیاں (saheliyā̃)
oblique سہیلی (sahelī) سہیلیوں (saheliyō̃)
vocative سہیلی (sahelī) سہیلیو (saheliyō)

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