पालि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পালি (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
• পালি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပါလိ (Burmese script)
• પાલિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಲಿ (Kannada script)
• បាលិ (Khmer script)
• ປາລິ (Lao script)
• പാലി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପାଲି (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
• පාලි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
• பாலி (Tamil script)
• పాలి (Telugu script)
• ปาลิ (Thai script)
• པཱ་ལི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.li/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑː.l̪i/

Noun

पालि • (pāli) stem, f

1. the tip or ear lobe, the outer ear
2. a boundary, limit, margin, edge
3. a row, line, range
4. a dam, dike, bridge
5. a pot, boiler
6. a particular measure of capacity
7. prescribed food, maintenance of a scholar during the period of his studies by his teacher
8. lap
9. bosom
10. a circumference
11. a mark, spot
12. a louse
13. a woman with a beard

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of पालि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पालिः (pāliḥ)	पाली (pālī)	पालयः (pālayaḥ)
accusative	पालिम् (pālim)	पाली (pālī)	पालीः (pālīḥ)
instrumental	पाल्या (pālyā) पाली¹ (pālī¹)	पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām)	पालिभिः (pālibhiḥ)
dative	पालये (pālaye) पाल्यै (pālyai)	पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām)	पालिभ्यः (pālibhyaḥ)
ablative	पालेः (pāleḥ) पाल्याः (pālyāḥ) पाल्यै² (pālyai²)	पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām)	पालिभ्यः (pālibhyaḥ)
genitive	पालेः (pāleḥ) पाल्याः (pālyāḥ) पाल्यै² (pālyai²)	पाल्योः (pālyoḥ)	पालीनाम् (pālīnām)
locative	पालौ (pālau) पाल्याम् (pālyām) पाला¹ (pālā¹)	पाल्योः (pālyoḥ)	पालिषु (pāliṣu)
vocative	पाले (pāle)	पाली (pālī)	पालयः (pālayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “पालि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 623.