पालि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পালি (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬵᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
- পালি (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰯𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ပါလိ (Burmese script)
- પાલિ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਾਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦴꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂰𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಾಲಿ (Kannada script)
- បាលិ (Khmer script)
- ປາລິ (Lao script)
- പാലി (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘰𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢗᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧑𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐵𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
- ପାଲି (Odia script)
- ꢦꢵꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆳𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖯𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
- පාලි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩛𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚭𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
- பாலி (Tamil script)
- పాలి (Telugu script)
- ปาลิ (Thai script)
- པཱ་ལི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒰𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨊𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɑː.li/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɑː.l̪i/
Noun
पालि • (pāli) stem, f
- the tip or ear lobe, the outer ear
- a boundary, limit, margin, edge
- a row, line, range
- a dam, dike, bridge
- a pot, boiler
- a particular measure of capacity
- prescribed food, maintenance of a scholar during the period of his studies by his teacher
- lap
- bosom
- a circumference
- a mark, spot
- a louse
- a woman with a beard
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पालिः (pāliḥ) | पाली (pālī) | पालयः (pālayaḥ) |
| accusative | पालिम् (pālim) | पाली (pālī) | पालीः (pālīḥ) |
| instrumental | पाल्या (pālyā) पाली¹ (pālī¹) |
पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām) | पालिभिः (pālibhiḥ) |
| dative | पालये (pālaye) पाल्यै² (pālyai²) पाली¹ (pālī¹) |
पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām) | पालिभ्यः (pālibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पालेः (pāleḥ) पाल्याः² (pālyāḥ²) पाल्यै³ (pālyai³) |
पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām) | पालिभ्यः (pālibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पालेः (pāleḥ) पाल्याः² (pālyāḥ²) पाल्यै³ (pālyai³) |
पाल्योः (pālyoḥ) | पालीनाम् (pālīnām) |
| locative | पालौ (pālau) पाल्याम्² (pālyām²) पाला¹ (pālā¹) |
पाल्योः (pālyoḥ) | पालिषु (pāliṣu) |
| vocative | पाले (pāle) | पाली (pālī) | पालयः (pālayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पालि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 623.