अलि
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अलि (ali).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.liː/, [ɐ.liː]
Noun
अलि • (ali) m (Urdu spelling ال)
- a large black bee, the bumblebee
- a crow
- the Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
- a scorpion
- spirituous liquor
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अलि ali |
अलि ali |
| oblique | अलि ali |
अलियों aliyõ |
| vocative | अलि ali |
अलियो aliyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अलि”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अलि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Nepali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit अलीक (alīká).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʌli]
- Phonetic Devanagari: अलि
Adjective
अलि • (ali)
Adverb
अलि • (ali)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অলি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
- অলি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အလိ (Burmese script)
- અલિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಲಿ (Kannada script)
- អលិ (Khmer script)
- ອລິ (Lao script)
- അലി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅଲି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අලි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
- அலி (Tamil script)
- అలి (Telugu script)
- อลิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ལི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
See अलिन् (alin). The "liquor" sense may be from Munda; cf. Proto-Munda *v₁₅li (“liquor”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.li/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.l̪i/
Noun
अलि • (ali) stem, m
- a large black bee, the bumble bee
- a crow
- the Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
- a scorpion
- spirituous liquor
- an enemy
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अलिः (aliḥ) | अली (alī) | अलयः (alayaḥ) |
| accusative | अलिम् (alim) | अली (alī) | अलीन् (alīn) |
| instrumental | अलिना (alinā) अल्या¹ (alyā¹) |
अलिभ्याम् (alibhyām) | अलिभिः (alibhiḥ) |
| dative | अलये (alaye) | अलिभ्याम् (alibhyām) | अलिभ्यः (alibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अलेः (aleḥ) अल्यः¹ (alyaḥ¹) |
अलिभ्याम् (alibhyām) | अलिभ्यः (alibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अलेः (aleḥ) अल्यः¹ (alyaḥ¹) |
अल्योः (alyoḥ) | अलीनाम् (alīnām) |
| locative | अलौ (alau) अला¹ (alā¹) |
अल्योः (alyoḥ) | अलिषु (aliṣu) |
| vocative | अले (ale) | अली (alī) | अलयः (alayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 95.