delhiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

(city in India):

• IPA: /ˈdɛl.i/, Homophone: deli
  • 韻: -ɛli

固有名詞

Delhi

1. A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.
   • 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian‎:

     The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.

2. (synecdochic) The Indian government.

同意語

• National Capital Territory (formal)

派生語

派生した語

• → Arabic: دِلْهِي (dilhī)
• → Chinese: 德里 (Délǐ)
• → Greek: Δελχί (Delchí)
• → Hebrew: דֵלְהִי (delhī)
• → Japanese: デリー (Derī)
• → Korean: 델리 (Delli)
• → Tamil: டெல்லி (ṭelli)
• → Turkish: Delhi

参考

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Delhi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 990-991

語源 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

発音

• (locale in North America):
  • IPA: /ˈdɛl.haɪ/
  • 韻: -aɪ

固有名詞

Delhi

1. A locale in North America; named for the city in India.
   1. A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
   2. A town in Delaware County, New York.
   3. A village, the county seat of Delaware County, New York, located within the town of the same name.
   4. A community in Ontario.
   5. A town in Louisiana.
   6. A city in Iowa.
   7. A city in Minnesota.
   8. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
   9. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
   10. An unincorporated community in Georgia.
   11. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
   12. An unincorporated community in Texas.
   13. A ghost town in Wisconsin.
   14. A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

語源 3

From Mongolian Дэлхий (Delxii) / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ (delekei).

固有名詞

Delhi

1. Synonym of Delingha.
   • 2008 July 28, “Floods leave two miners missing, two others trapped in northwest China”, in ReliefWeb‎, archived from the original on 11 July 2021‎:

     Another two counties, Wulan and Tianjun, as well as the two cities of Golmud and Delhi also suffered the floods. More than 1,000 heads of sheep were washed away.

アナグラム

• Diehl, hidel, hidle, hield