मल्लि
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मल्ली (mallī)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মল্লি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬮ᭄ᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
- মল্লি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မလ္လိ (Burmese script)
- મલ્લિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਲ੍ਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦭ꧀ꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಲ್ಲಿ (Kannada script)
- មល្លិ (Khmer script)
- ມລ຺ລິ (Lao script)
- മല്ലി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠯᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠯᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମଲ୍ଲି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢭ꣄ꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මල්ලි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
- மல்லி (Tamil script)
- మల్లి (Telugu script)
- มลฺลิ (Thai script)
- མ་ལླི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐl.li/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐl̪.l̪i/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Malayalam മല്ലി (malli), മുല്ല (mulla), Tamil மல்லி (malli), Telugu మల్లి (malli).
Noun
मल्लि • (malli) stem, f
- a kind of jasmine, Jasminum sambac
- a Jain saint
- a kind of agallochum
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मल्लिः (malliḥ) | मल्ली (mallī) | मल्लयः (mallayaḥ) |
| accusative | मल्लिम् (mallim) | मल्ली (mallī) | मल्लीः (mallīḥ) |
| instrumental | मल्ल्या (mallyā) मल्ली¹ (mallī¹) |
मल्लिभ्याम् (mallibhyām) | मल्लिभिः (mallibhiḥ) |
| dative | मल्लये (mallaye) मल्ल्यै² (mallyai²) मल्ली¹ (mallī¹) |
मल्लिभ्याम् (mallibhyām) | मल्लिभ्यः (mallibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मल्लेः (malleḥ) मल्ल्याः² (mallyāḥ²) मल्ल्यै³ (mallyai³) |
मल्लिभ्याम् (mallibhyām) | मल्लिभ्यः (mallibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मल्लेः (malleḥ) मल्ल्याः² (mallyāḥ²) मल्ल्यै³ (mallyai³) |
मल्ल्योः (mallyoḥ) | मल्लीनाम् (mallīnām) |
| locative | मल्लौ (mallau) मल्ल्याम्² (mallyām²) मल्ला¹ (mallā¹) |
मल्ल्योः (mallyoḥ) | मल्लिषु (malliṣu) |
| vocative | मल्ले (malle) | मल्ली (mallī) | मल्लयः (mallayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- मल्लिका (mallikā)
Etymology 2
Compare मलि (mali).
Noun
मल्लि • (malli) stem, m
- the act of having, holding, possessing
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मल्लिः (malliḥ) | मल्ली (mallī) | मल्लयः (mallayaḥ) |
| accusative | मल्लिम् (mallim) | मल्ली (mallī) | मल्लीन् (mallīn) |
| instrumental | मल्लिना (mallinā) मल्ल्या¹ (mallyā¹) |
मल्लिभ्याम् (mallibhyām) | मल्लिभिः (mallibhiḥ) |
| dative | मल्लये (mallaye) | मल्लिभ्याम् (mallibhyām) | मल्लिभ्यः (mallibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मल्लेः (malleḥ) | मल्लिभ्याम् (mallibhyām) | मल्लिभ्यः (mallibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मल्लेः (malleḥ) | मल्ल्योः (mallyoḥ) | मल्लीनाम् (mallīnām) |
| locative | मल्लौ (mallau) मल्ला¹ (mallā¹) |
मल्ल्योः (mallyoḥ) | मल्लिषु (malliṣu) |
| vocative | मल्ले (malle) | मल्ली (mallī) | मल्लयः (mallayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मल्लि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 793/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 393