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ताली tālī[S. तािलका], s.f. Clapping the hands; tālī-bajānā, tālīpīṭnā, tālīmārnā, v.n. To clap the hands (in order to attract attention, or in approbation, or in delight, or in derision); to beat time by clapping the hands; to rejoice; to applaud; to deride, ridicule, to hoot:—tālīek hāth-se bajnā, lit.'A clapping to be produced with one hand'; an impossibility to be attempted: tālīek hāth-se (or ek hāth-se tālī) nahīṅbajtī, prov.,. It takes two hands to clap, 'it takes two to make a quarrel.'
Origin: Hindi