चमेली

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *चम्पवेल्लि (campavelli).[1] Cognate with Punjabi ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), Bengali চামেলি (cameli).

Noun

चमेली • (camelī) f (Urdu spelling چمیلی)

  1. Spanish jasmine, Jasminum grandiflorum (plant and flower)

Declension
Declension of चमेली (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct चमेली
camelī		 चमेलियाँ
cameliyā̃
oblique चमेली
camelī		 चमेलियों
cameliyõ
vocative चमेली
camelī		 चमेलियो
cameliyo

Descendants
  • → Pashto: چمبېلی
  • → English: chameli

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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