पुतली

See also: पतला, पतलू, पाताल, and पीतल

Hindi

Etymology

Compare Maithili पुतरा (putᵊrā) / 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑒩𑒰 (putarā), पुतरी (putᵊrī) / 𑒣𑒳𑒞𑒩𑒲 (putarī), Punjabi ਪੁਤਲਾ (putlā) / پُتلا (putlā), ਪੁਤਲੀ (putlī) / پُتلِی (putlī), Sindhi پُتِلو / पुतिलो, پُتِليِ / पुतिली, Gujarati પૂતળું (pūtaḷũ), પૂતળી (pūtaḷī), Marathi पुतळा (putḷā), Bengali পুতুল (putul), পুতলি (putoli), Assamese পুতলা (putola).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʊt̪.liː/

Noun

पुतली • (putlī) f (masculine पुतला, Urdu spelling پُتْلِی)

doll, puppet
Synonym: गुड़िया (guṛiyā)

Declension

Declension of पुतली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुतली putlī	पुतलियाँ putliyā̃
oblique	पुतली putlī	पुतलियों putliyõ
vocative	पुतली putlī	पुतलियो putliyo

Derived terms

कठपुतली (kaṭhputlī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुतली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*putrala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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