As a Hindi name
खेलना
to play (a game, a sport)
खेलनी · feminine
Śabdasāgara also records: खेल का उपकरण । खेलने की वस्तु
Cited formation "खेलनी" is खेल + -नी: खेल means "game, sport; fun", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "खेलनी" is खेला + -नी: खेला means "play, sport, game", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "खेलनी" is खेलन + -ई: खेलन means "हिलाना डुलाना । नचाना (नेत्र)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set खेलना (khelnā) खिलाना (khilānā) खिलवाना (khilvānā) Inherited from Prakrit खेलइ (khelaï, “to play”), 𑀔𑁂𑀮𑀡 n (khelaṇa, “playing”), of uncertain further origin. See there for more. Cognate with Nepali खेल्नु (khelnu), Marathi खेळणे (kheḷṇe), Konkani खेळ्चे (kheḷce)…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a chessman
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Dictionary citations
khelanī f. a chessman, L.
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