haveli

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haveli

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

noun havelis

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.

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noun a type of private mansion in India and Pakistan

हिन्दी	हवेली havelī
العربية	حَوِيلِي ḥawīlī

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@misc{haveli_2026,
  title = {haveli},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haveli},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}