See دہلی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"english": "New Delhi",
"roman": "na'ī dihlī",
"word": "نئی دہلی"
},
{
"roman": "jazāir-e-anḍamān-o-nikobār",
"word": "جزائر انڈمان و نکوبار"
},
{
"roman": "jammū̃-o-kaśmīr",
"word": "جموں و کشمیر"
},
{
"roman": "dādrā-o-nagar-havailī-o-daman-o-dīv",
"word": "دادرا و نگر حویلی و دمن و دیو"
},
{
"roman": "laddāx",
"word": "لداخ"
},
{
"roman": "lakśādīp",
"word": "لکشادیپ"
},
{
"roman": "pudūcerī",
"word": "پدوچیری"
},
{
"roman": "candī-gaṛh",
"word": "چنڈی گڑھ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"ur:Cities in India",
"ur:Delhi",
"ur:Delhi, India",
"ur:Places in India",
"ur:States and union territories of India"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
70,
75
]
],
"english": "Demonstrations against Friday prayers, again, in Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi and slogans of Jai Shri Ram",
"ref": "2021 October 23, “دہلی سے ملحق گڑگاؤں میں پھر سے جمعے کی نماز کے خلاف مظاہرہ اور جے شری رام کے نعرے [Demonstrations against Friday prayers, again, in Gurgaon, adjacent to Delhi and slogans of Jai Shri Ram]”, in BBC News Urdu:",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)"
],
"links": [
[
"Delhi",
"Delhi#English:_Q1353"
],
[
"megacity",
"megacity"
],
[
"union territory",
"union territory"
],
[
"India",
"India#English"
],
[
"New Delhi",
"New Delhi"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "دِلّی"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/d̪ɪɦ.liː/",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d̪eɦ.liː]",
"tags": [
"Standard",
"Urdu"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1617 (urd)-نعم البدل-دہلی.wav",
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},
{
"ipa": "/d̪e.liː/",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/d̪ɛ.liː/",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
"word": "دہلی"
}
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