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haveli

haveli noun: a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.

Noun

haveli (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

haveli meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

haveli in Hindi

a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
हवेली havelī

haveli in Tamil

a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
அவேலி avēli

haveli in Urdu

a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
حَویلی havelī

haveli in Bengali

a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan
হাভেলি habheli
More languagesFewer languages
haveli in Telugu
హవేలి havēli
haveli in Gujarati
હવેલી havelī
haveli in Arabic
حَوِيلِي ḥawīlī

Forms of haveli

pluralhavelis

Origin of haveli

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

Phrases with haveli

Questions about haveli

What does haveli mean?
Haveli means a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.
What is haveli in Hindi?
Haveli in Hindi is हवेली (havelī). See Haveli meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is haveli?
Haveli is a noun.
What is the plural of haveli?
The plural of haveli is havelis.

Words near haveli in the dictionary

  1. haveable
  2. haveage
  3. haveages
  4. haveing
  5. Havel
  6. haveli
  7. havelis
  8. Havelka
  9. Havelkas
  10. havelock
  11. Havelock North

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