Girl · Hindi, from Sanskrit sakhī · Hindu
Saheli
सहेलीSay it suh-HAY-lee
- Meaning today
- Female friend, companion
- Original meaning
- "a woman's female companion, a confidante" Platts, p. 708
- Say it
- suh-HAY-lee
- Written
- सहेली
- Other spellings
- Sahely
Saheli
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Saheli meaning
Saheli (सहेली) is a Hindu girl's name of Hindi origin (from Sanskrit sakhī).
A woman's female companion, a confidante
Also used to mean: female friend
Saheli (सहेली) is the everyday Hindi word for a girl's or woman's female friend. Platts's Hindustani dictionary of 1884 defines it as a woman's female companion or confidante and traces it to Sanskrit sakhī, "female friend", through a Prakrit diminutive form; it also records older senses of a handmaid or an attendant in a royal household. Name lists give Saheli as "female friend" or "companion", which is exactly the Hindi meaning. It is a warm, familiar word rather than a learned one, and as a name it is used across North India and in Bengal.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 708 · entry sahelī · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, sahelī, p. 708 · Monier-Williams, sakhī, p. 1130
Fits your syllable
First sound स
Shatabhisha nakshatra, pada 2 · Kumbh rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is सा, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Saheli · Sahely