पलाली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পলালী (Assamese script)
ᬧᬮᬵᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
পলালী (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰩𑰯𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀮𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ပလာလီ (Burmese script)
પલાલી (Gujarati script)
ਪਲਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌲𑌾𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦭꦴꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಪಲಾಲೀ (Kannada script)
បលាលី (Khmer script)
ປລາລີ (Lao script)
പലാലീ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘩𑘰𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠯᠠᢗᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧉𑧑𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐮𑐵𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
ପଲାଲୀ (Odia script)
ꢦꢭꢵꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆬𑆳𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖩𑖯𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
පලාලී (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩽𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚥𑚭𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
பலாலீ (Tamil script)
పలాలీ (Telugu script)
ปลาลี (Thai script)
པ་ལཱ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒪𑒰𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨬𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to पलाव (palā́va, “chaff, husks”); compare also the "masculine" form पलाल (palāla, “straw”). Both meanings are visible in Latin palea (“chaff, husks; straw”).

A Dravidian borrowing (compare Tamil புல் (pul, “grass”)), as Burrow suggests, is implausible.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɑː.liː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.l̪ɑː.l̪iː/

Noun

प॒ला॒ली • (palālī́) stem, f

a stalk, straw

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of प॒ला॒ली
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प॒ला॒ली (palālī́)	प॒ला॒ल्यौ॑ (palālyàu) प॒ला॒ली¹ (palālī́¹)	प॒ला॒ल्यः॑ (palālyàḥ) प॒ला॒लीः¹ (palālī́ḥ¹)
accusative	प॒ला॒लीम् (palālī́m)	प॒ला॒ल्यौ॑ (palālyàu) प॒ला॒ली¹ (palālī́¹)	प॒ला॒लीः (palālī́ḥ)
instrumental	प॒ला॒ल्या (palālyā́)	प॒ला॒लीभ्या॑म् (palālī́bhyām)	प॒ला॒लीभिः॑ (palālī́bhiḥ)
dative	प॒ला॒ल्यै (palālyái)	प॒ला॒लीभ्या॑म् (palālī́bhyām)	प॒ला॒लीभ्यः॑ (palālī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	प॒ला॒ल्याः (palālyā́ḥ) प॒ला॒ल्यै² (palālyái²)	प॒ला॒लीभ्या॑म् (palālī́bhyām)	प॒ला॒लीभ्यः॑ (palālī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	प॒ला॒ल्याः (palālyā́ḥ) प॒ला॒ल्यै² (palālyái²)	प॒ला॒ल्योः (palālyóḥ)	प॒ला॒लीना॑म् (palālī́nām)
locative	प॒ला॒ल्याम् (palālyā́m)	प॒ला॒ल्योः (palālyóḥ)	प॒ला॒लीषु॑ (palālī́ṣu)
vocative	पला॑लि (pálāli)	पला॑ल्यौ (pálālyau) पला॑ली¹ (pálālī¹)	पला॑ल्यः (pálālyaḥ) पला॑लीः¹ (pálālīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

References

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]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 233