माली

See also: मल, मूल, माल, माला, and माळी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.liː/, [mäː.l̪iː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀺 (māli), from Sanskrit मालिन् (mālin). Cognate with Marathi माळी (māḷī).

Noun

माली • (mālī) m (feminine मालिन, Urdu spelling مالی‎)

1. gardener

Declension

Declension of माली (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माली mālī	माली mālī
oblique	माली mālī	मालियों māliyõ
vocative	माली mālī	मालियो māliyo

Descendants

• → English: mali, mallee

Etymology 2

माल (māl) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Adjective

माली • (mālī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مالی‎)

1. economical, monetary

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “माली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mālin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press