دھلائی

Urdu

Etymology

From دُھلانا (dhulānā) +‎ ـَائی (-āī).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُھلائی • (dhulāīf (Hindi spelling धुलाई)

  1. laundering
  2. laundry fee

Synonyms

  • لانڈری (lānḍrī)

Further reading

  • دھلائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دھلائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دهلنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “دهلائي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “دهلاٴي”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “دھلائی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.