As a Hindi name
झल्ली · adj
बातूनिया । गप्पी । बकवादी — Śabdasāgara
झल्ली · noun · feminine
हुड़ुक की तरह का एक बाजा जिसपर चमड़ा मढ़ा होता है — Śabdasāgara
झल्ला
crazy, insane; hot
Platts (p. 406) also records: A large basket
Cited formation "झल्ली" is झल्ल + -ई: झल्ल means "व्रात्य अर्थात संस्कारहीन क्षत्रिय और सवर्ण स्त्री से उत्पन्न वर्णसंकर जाति", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "झल्ली" is झल्लना + -ई: झल्लना means "अ॰ [अनु॰] बहुत झूठी झूठी बातें करना । बहुत ड़ींग हाकना या गप्प उड़ाना", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "झल्ली" is झल्ल + -ई: झल्ल means "व्रात्य अर्थात संस्कारहीन क्षत्रिय और सवर्ण स्त्री से उत्पन्न वर्णसंकर जाति", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word of pra-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *झल्ल- (jhalla-, “to shine”). Related to झल्लाना (jhallānā), झलकना (jhalaknā), झलझलाना (jhalajhlānā), झिलमिल (jhilmil).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A kind of drum: see jhalarī.
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Dictionary citations
jhallī f. = ˚llakī, L.
jhallī f. (-llī) A kind of drum: see jhalarī.
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