As a Hindi name
पोली · noun · feminine
जंगली कुसुम या बरें जिसका तेल अफरीदी मोमजामा बनाने के काम में आता है — Śabdasāgara
पोली · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार की पूरी । पूआ । फुलका — Śabdasāgara
पोली · polī · s.f.
A honey-comb, anything spongy — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 281
Cited formation "पोली" is पोल + -ई: पोल means "emptiness, meaninglessness", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पोली" is पोल + -ई: पोल means "emptiness, meaninglessness", 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 "पोली" is पोल + -ई: पोल means "emptiness, meaninglessness", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of cake (cf. pūlikā, paulī, pūpālī).
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Dictionary citations
polī f. See next.
po˚lī (L.) f. a kind of cake (cf. pūlikā, paulī, pūpālī).
polikā, polī A kind of cake (of wheat).
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