As a Hindi name
नाली · noun · feminine
जल बहने का पतला मार्ग — Śabdasāgara
नाली · noun · feminine
नाड़ी । घमती । रक्त आदि बहने की नली · करेमू का साग जिसके डंठल नली की तरह पोले होते हैं · हाथियों की नकछेदनी — Śabdasāgara
नाली · nālī · s.f.
Any tubular organ (of the body), an artery, a vein, an intestine, &c; a canal (alimentary, &c.); the pulse (i.q. nāṛī, or nārī); the stalk, culm, or haum (of a plant) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1117
नाली · feminine
gutter, ditch, drain
Cited formation "नाली" is नाल + -ई: नाल means "tube, pipe", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नाली" is नाल + -ई: नाल means "tube, pipe", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नाली" is नाल + -ई: नाल means "tube, pipe", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“See नाल (nāl, “tube, pipe”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an instrument for perforating an elephant's ear
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nālī" is the nominative dual of "nāli" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nālī (ī), f. an instrument for perforating an elephant's ear, L.
the stalk of a pot-herb, L.
a piece of metal on which the hours are struck = ghaṭī, W.
a lotus-flower, L. (cf. nālīka)
nālī or nāli f. = nāḍī, any tubular vessel or vein &c. of the body, L. ifc. = ˚likā, a period of 24 minutes, Sāh.
nālī or nāli f. = nāḍī, any tubular vessel or vein &c. of the body, L. ifc. = ˚likā, a period of 24 minutes, Sāh.
nāli f. (-liḥ) Any tubular vessel of the body. E. la interchanged with ḍaḥ see nāḍi.
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