पलाली

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Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably related to पलाव (palāva, chaff); compare also the "masculine" form पलाल (palāla, straw).

A Dravidian borrowing (compare Tamil புல் (pul, grass)), as Burrow suggests, is possible but less likely.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

पलाली (palālī) stemf

  1. a stalk, straw

Declension[edit]

Feminine ī-stem declension of पलाली (palālī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पलाली
palālī
पलाल्यौ / पलाली¹
palālyau / palālī¹
पलाल्यः / पलालीः¹
palālyaḥ / palālīḥ¹
Vocative पलालि
palāli
पलाल्यौ / पलाली¹
palālyau / palālī¹
पलाल्यः / पलालीः¹
palālyaḥ / palālīḥ¹
Accusative पलालीम्
palālīm
पलाल्यौ / पलाली¹
palālyau / palālī¹
पलालीः
palālīḥ
Instrumental पलाल्या
palālyā
पलालीभ्याम्
palālībhyām
पलालीभिः
palālībhiḥ
Dative पलाल्यै
palālyai
पलालीभ्याम्
palālībhyām
पलालीभ्यः
palālībhyaḥ
Ablative पलाल्याः / पलाल्यै²
palālyāḥ / palālyai²
पलालीभ्याम्
palālībhyām
पलालीभ्यः
palālībhyaḥ
Genitive पलाल्याः / पलाल्यै²
palālyāḥ / palālyai²
पलाल्योः
palālyoḥ
पलालीनाम्
palālīnām
Locative पलाल्याम्
palālyām
पलाल्योः
palālyoḥ
पलालीषु
palālīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पलाली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 233