ఖాళీ

Telugu

Alternative forms

కాళీ (kāḷī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xālī), from Arabic خَالٍ (ḵālin). Compare Assamese খালী (khali), Bengali খালি (khali), Malayalam കാലി (kāli), Sylheti ꠈꠣꠟꠤ (xáli), Tamil காலி (kāli).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰaːɭiː/

Adjective

ఖాళీ • (khāḷī)

empty, vacant

Noun

ఖాళీ • (khāḷī) ? (plural ఖాళీలు)

a vacancy

References

"ఖాళీ" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 125
"ఖాళీ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 278

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