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) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐl̪.l̪i/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Malayalam മല്ലി (malli), മുല്ല (mulla), Tamil மல்லி (malli), Telugu మల్లి (malli).

Noun

मल्लि • (malli) stem, f

1. a kind of jasmine, Jasminum zambac
2. a Jain saint
3. a kind of agallochum

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of मल्लि (malli)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्लिः malliḥ	मल्ली mallī	मल्लयः mallayaḥ
Vocative	मल्ले malle	मल्ली mallī	मल्लयः mallayaḥ
Accusative	मल्लिम् mallim	मल्ली mallī	मल्लीः mallīḥ
Instrumental	मल्ल्या / मल्ली¹ mallyā / mallī¹	मल्लिभ्याम् mallibhyām	मल्लिभिः mallibhiḥ
Dative	मल्लये / मल्ल्यै² / मल्ली¹ mallaye / mallyai² / mallī¹	मल्लिभ्याम् mallibhyām	मल्लिभ्यः mallibhyaḥ
Ablative	मल्लेः / मल्ल्याः² / मल्ल्यै³ malleḥ / mallyāḥ² / mallyai³	मल्लिभ्याम् mallibhyām	मल्लिभ्यः mallibhyaḥ
Genitive	मल्लेः / मल्ल्याः² / मल्ल्यै³ malleḥ / mallyāḥ² / mallyai³	मल्ल्योः mallyoḥ	मल्लीनाम् mallīnām
Locative	मल्लौ / मल्ल्याम्² / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallyām² / mallā¹	मल्ल्योः mallyoḥ	मल्लिषु malliṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• मल्लिका (mallikā)

 

Etymology 2

Compare मलि (mali).

Noun

मल्लि • (malli) stem, m

1. the act of having, holding, possessing

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of मल्लि (malli)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्लिः malliḥ	मल्ली mallī	मल्लयः mallayaḥ
Vocative	मल्ले malle	मल्ली mallī	मल्लयः mallayaḥ
Accusative	मल्लिम् mallim	मल्ली mallī	मल्लीन् mallīn
Instrumental	मल्लिना / मल्ल्या¹ mallinā / 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 / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्ल्योः mallyoḥ	मल्लिषु malliṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मल्लि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 793/1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मल्लि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 393