ख़ाली

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /xɑː.liː/, [xäː.liː], /kʰɑː.liː/, [kʰäː.liː]

Adjective

ख़ाली • (xālī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خالی)

  1. empty, vacant
    Synonyms: छूछा (chūchā), रिक्त (rikt)
    एक बक्स ख़ाली है, दूसरा भरा है।
    ek baks xālī hai, dūsrā bharā hai.
    One box is empty, the other is full.
    वह ख़ाली हाथ से लौट आया। ― vah xālī hāth se lauṭ āyā. ― He returned empty-handed.
    यह कमरा ख़ाली है क्या? ― yah kamrā xālī hai kyā? ― Is this room vacant?

Noun

ख़ाली • (xālī) m (Urdu spelling خالی)

  1. (Hindustani Classical Music) an empty matra in a tala, represented by a swish of the hand and marked by ०
    तीनताल का ख़ाली नौवी मात्रा पर होती है ― tīntāl kā xālī nauvī mātrā par hotī hai

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ाली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
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