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Hindi · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "खाली" in Hindi?
KHAA-lee — a real puff of air after the k, a long aa, a clear l, and a long ee.
khaalee
Two long vowels of different qualities, with the aspiration adding time at the front. Because -ee adjectives are invariant, the final vowel is fixed and always long, which makes the word's rhythm reliably even once the puff is in place.
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बोतल खाली है।
Botal khaalee hai.
The bottle is empty.
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"Botal khaalee hai" leaves khaalee unchanged even though botal is feminine, since adjectives ending in -ee never inflect. Botal itself has a clear l in coda position, so the sentence gives you two l's to keep bright rather than dark.
Where English speakers slip
Dropping the aspiration turns this into kaalee, "black" in its feminine form — a genuine minimal pair that changes the sentence entirely. The dark English l is the second issue; keep the tongue body low so the aa in front of it stays open and clear.