गालि

Newar

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡali]

Noun

गालि • (gāli) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐐𑐵𑐮𑐶)

1. fan (electrical or handheld)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• গালি (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
• গালি (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါလိ (Burmese script)
• ગાલિ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾಲಿ (Kannada script)
• គាលិ (Khmer script)
• ຄາລິ (Lao script)
• ഗാലി (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢗᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଗାଲି (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ගාලි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
• க³ாலி (Tamil script)
• గాలి (Telugu script)
• คาลิ (Thai script)
• གཱ་ལི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to गदति (gadati, “says”) through Middle Indo-Aryan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.l̪i/

Noun

गालि • (gāli) stem, f pl

1. reviling speech, invectives, execrations

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of गालि

	plural
nominative	गालयः (gālayaḥ)
accusative	गालीः (gālīḥ)
instrumental	गालिभिः (gālibhiḥ)
dative	गालिभ्यः (gālibhyaḥ)
ablative	गालिभ्यः (gālibhyaḥ)
genitive	गालीनाम् (gālīnām)
locative	गालिषु (gāliṣu)
vocative	गालयः (gālayaḥ)

Derived terms

• Dardic:
  • Kalami: [script needed] (gel dī-, “to scorn”)
  • Torwali: [script needed] (gal, “abuse”)
  • Kashmiri: گَال (gāl)
• Prakrit: गालि (gāli), गाली (gālī)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Old Hindi:
      • Hindi: गाली (gālī)
      • Urdu: گالی (gālī)
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Assamese: গালি (gali)
    • Bengali: গালি (gali), গাল (gal)
    • Maithili: गारी (gārī)
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Nepali: गाली (gālī)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Punjabi: ਗਾਲ਼ (gāḷ)
    • Sindhi: گَآرِ (gāri)
  • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    • Marathi: गाळी (gāḷī)
  • Western Indo-Aryan:
    • Gujarati: ગાળી (gāḷī)
    • Odia: ଗାଲୀଁ (gālĩ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गालि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 354.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 333
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gāli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 222