گلی

Compare Persian گلو (gelu), Latin gula.

گلی (gali)

1. (anatomy) throat

From گل (gel, “mud”) +‎ ـی (-i, “adjective forming suffix”).

گلی • (geli)

1. muddy

From گل (gol, “flower, rose”) +‎ ـی (-i, “adjective forming suffix”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈliː/

گلی • (goli)

1. rosy, rose-colored

گلی • (goli)

1. (dialectal) cat

گلی • (goli)

1. a female given name, Goli
2. a surname

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈlliː/

گلی • (golli)

1. (anatomy, dialectal) throat

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گلی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡə.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: گَ‧لی

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀮𑀻 (*galī). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਲੀ (galī) / گَلی (galī), Gujarati ગલી (galī), Sindhi ڳَليِ / ॻली, Marathi गल्ली (gallī), Bengali গলি (goli).

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

1. street, lane
2. alleyway

گَلِی • (galī) f (Hindi spelling गली)

1. feminine of گَلا (galā, “cooked”)

• “گلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “galī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press