देहलि

{ dēhaliḥ }

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

देहलिः [dēhaliḥ] ली [lī]   ली f. The threshold of a door, the sill or lower part of the wooden frame of a door; विन्यस्यन्ती भुवि गणनया देहलीदत्तपुष्पैः [Me.89;] [Mk.1.9.] -Comp.
-दीपः   a lamp suspended over the threshold; ˚न्याय see under न्याय.

Shabda-Sagara

देहलि  f.  ( -लिः or ली)
1. The threshold of a door, the lower past of the wooden frame of a door, or a raised terrace in front of it.
E. देह here said to imply plastering of cow-dung, &c. ला to have or get, affix कि or क, and ङीष् .

ROOTS:

देह ला कि क ङीष् .