As a Hindi name
पूपली · noun · feminine
पोली नली · बच्चों के खेलने का काठ का बहुत छोटा खिलौना जो छोटी डंठी के आकार का होता है और जिसके दोनों सिरे कुछ मोटे होते हैं · बाँस आदि में से काटी हुई वह छोटी खोखली नली जिसमें देसी पंखों की डंठी का अंतिम भाग फँसाया रहता है और जिसके सहारे पंखा सहज में चारों ओर घूमा करता है — Śabdasāgara
पूपली · noun · feminine
प्राचीन काल का एक प्रकार का मीठा पकवान — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ पूपला
Cited formation "पूपली" is पूपला + -ई: पूपला means "(f. -ī), A kind of sweet cake of wheaten flour fried with ghī or oil ( = pūʼā, q.v.)", and the suffix -ई forms feminine of nouns/adjectives in inherent -अ or -आ (replaces the final vowel). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §2 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pūpa˚likā, or pūpa˚lī, a kind of sweet cake fried with ghee or oil
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Dictionary citations
pūpalā (L.), pūpa˚likā, (Car.), or pūpa˚lī (L.), f. a kind of sweet cake fried with ghee or oil, L.
pūpalā(lī), pūpālikā, pūpālī, pūlikā, pūpikā A sort of sweet cake.
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