ဗလီ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဗ'လီ
• IPA^(key): /bəlì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ba.li • ALA-LC: balī • BGN/PCGN: băli • Okell: băli

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tamil பள்ளி (paḷḷi, “mosque, school”).

Noun

ဗလီ • (ba.li)

1. (Islam) mosque

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौली (gaulī). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Is this an actual Sanskrit word? Doesn't seem to be in Monier Williams.”)

Noun

ဗလီ • (ba.li)

1. game of polo

   Synonym: ဂူလီ (guli)

Derived terms

• ဗလီကွက် (ba.li-kwak)

Further reading

• “ဗလီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• balī (Latin script)
• 𑀩𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• बली (Devanagari script)
• বলী (Bengali script)
• බලී (Sinhalese script)
• ဗလဳ or ၿလီ (Burmese script)
• พลี or พะลี (Thai script)
• ᨻᩃᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ພລີ or ພະລີ (Lao script)
• ពលី (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄣𑄩 (Chakma script)

Adjective

ဗလီ (balī)

1. Burmese script form of balī, which is inflection of ဗလိန်:
   1. nominative singular masculine
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural masculine/neuter (balin, “strong”)