बिल्ली

Tignan din: बिल्ला at बुल्ला

Hindi

बिल्ली

Etimolohiya

Minana mula sa Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], mula Sanskrit बिडालिका (biḍālikā), a diminutive form of Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla, “pusa; eyeball”), mula Dravidian.

Ikumpara ang Proto-Dravidian *pillV, Tamil பில்லி (pilli). Cognate with Punyabi بِلَّا / ਬਿੱਲਾ (billā).

Pagbigkas

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bɪl.liː/

Pangngalan

1. pusa (na kahit anong kasarian)

   मेरी बिल्ली पूरे दिन सोती है ― merī billī pūre din sotī hai ― My cat sleeps all day

2. babaeng pusa

Tungkol sa paggamit

• Kahit na pambabae ang salitang ito at ginagamit sa mga babaeng pusa, nangunguhulugang domestic cat rin ito. Ang panlalaking anyo ay बिल्ला (billā).

Paukulan

Declension of बिल्ली (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बिल्ली billī	बिल्लियाँ billiyā̃
oblique	बिल्ली billī	बिल्लियों billiyõ
vocative	बिल्ली billī	बिल्लियो billiyo

Sanggunian

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बिल्ली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “बिल्ली”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बिल्ली”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Padron:upright] (sa Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “billī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बिल्ली”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बिल्ली”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.