haveli

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noun

A type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.

OriginHindi हवेली ← Urdu حَویلی →
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Meanings

nounhaveli (plural havelis)

plural havelis

  1. A type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.

    The haveli was a world within a world, self-contained and totally hidden from the view of the casual passer-by.

    1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 55

Origin

  1. Urduحَویلی
  2. Hindiहवेली
  3. Englishhaveli

Derived from Hindi हवेली (havelī) or Urdu حَویلی (havelī).

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Translations

Arabic حَوِيلِي
  • حَوِيلِي (ḥawīlī)a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
Bengali হাভেলি
  • হাভেলি (habheli)a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
Hindi हवेली
  • हवेली (havelī)a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
Tamil அவேலி
  • அவேலி (avēli)a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
Urdu حَویلی
  • حَویلی (havelī)a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
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APA

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Chicago

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