Mali

See also: Malí, mali, malí, mǎlì, māli, mą́łi, and mạ lị

English

Mali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːli

Etymology 1

Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Dyula mali (“hippopotamus”).

Proper noun

Mali

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Malian

Translations

a country in Western Africa

• Afrikaans: Mali
• Amharic: ማሊ (mali)
• Arabic: مَالِي f (mālī)
• Armenian: Մալի (Mali)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܠܝܼ f (mālī)
• Belarusian: Малі́ f (Malí)
• Bengali: মালি (bn) (mali)
• Breton: Mali (br)
• Burmese: မာလီ (my) (mali)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬里 (zh) (Mǎlǐ)

• Czech: Mali (cs) n
• Danish: Mali (da)
• Dhivehi: މާލީ (dv) (mālī)
• Dutch: Mali (nl) n
• Esperanto: Malio (eo)
• Estonian: Mali (et)
• Farefare: Mali
• Finnish: Mali (fi)
• French: Mali (fr)
• Georgian: მალი (ka) (mali)
• German: Mali (de) n
• Greek: Μάλι (el) n (Máli)
• Hausa: Mali (ha)
• Hebrew: מאלי f (mali)
• Hindi: माली (hi) (mālī)
• Hungarian: Mali (hu)
• Icelandic: Malí (is) n
• Interlingua: Mali
• Italian: Mali (it) m
• Japanese: マリ (ja) (Mari)
• Kalenjin: Mali
• Kamba: Mali
• Kazakh: Мали (kk) (Mali)
• Khmer: ម៉ាលី (km) (maalii)
• Kikuyu: Mali
• Korean: 말리 (ko) (Malli)
• Kyrgyz: Мали (ky) (Mali)
• Lao: ມາລີ (mā lī)
• Lithuanian: Malis (lt) m
• Macedonian: Мали (mk) n (Mali)
• Maori: Māri (mi)
• Meru: Mali
• Mongolian: Мали (mn) (Mali)
• Norman: Mali
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mali (no)

  Nynorsk: Mali (nn)

• Persian: مالی (fa) (mâli)
• Polish: Mali (pl)
• Portuguese: Mali (pt)
• Romanian: Mali (ro)
• Russian: Мали́ (ru) f (Malí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ма̑ли m

  Roman: Mȃli (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මාලි (māli)
• Slovak: Mali n
• Slovene: Mali (sl)
• Spanish: Malí (es)
• Swahili: Mali (sw)
• Swedish: Mali (sv)
• Tagalog: Mali (tl)
• Tajik: Малӣ (tg) (Malī)
• Thai: มาลี (th) (maa-lii)
• Tigrinya: ማሊ (mali)
• Turkish: Mali (tr)
• Ukrainian: Малі́ (uk) f (Malí)
• Vietnamese: Ma-li
• Yoruba: Mali
• Zulu: IMali

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}
• Mali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Clipping of Somali (“a person from Somalia or of Somali descent”)

Noun

Mali (plural Malis)

1. (MLE, MTE, slang) A Somali

Derived terms

• Mali Boys

Anagrams

• Alim, Liam, Lima, Mila, alim, lima, mail

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa; capital: Bamako)

Derived terms

• Malinees

Bambara

Alternative forms

• مالي
• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭
• ߡߊߟߌ

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mali/ [ma.li]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali inan

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Mali (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite
absolutive	Mali
ergative	Malik
dative	Maliri
genitive	Maliren
comitative	Malirekin
causative	Malirengatik
benefactive	Malirentzat
instrumental	Maliz
inessive	Malin
locative	Maliko
allative	Malira
terminative	Maliraino
directive	Malirantz
destinative	Malirako
ablative	Malitik
partitive	Malirik
prolative	Malitzat

Derived terms

• maliar (“Malian”)

 

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈma.li]

• Audio (Valencian)

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Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malià

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɪ]

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable, related adjective maliský or malijský, demonym Malijec)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

• Mali in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Mali in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Mali in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malier
• malisk

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑli/, [ˈmɑ̝li]
• Rhymes: -ɑli
• Syllabification^(key): Ma‧li

Etymology 1

From French Mali, from Mandinka or Bambara mali (“hippopotamus”).

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mali	—
genitive		Malin	—
partitive		Malia	—
illative		Maliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Mali	—
accusative	nom.	Mali	—
	gen.	Malin
genitive		Malin	—
partitive		Malia	—
inessive		Malissa	—
elative		Malista	—
illative		Maliin	—
adessive		Malilla	—
ablative		Malilta	—
allative		Malille	—
essive		Malina	—
translative		Maliksi	—
abessive		Malitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Malini — accusative nom. Malini — gen. Malini genitive Malini — partitive Maliani — inessive Malissani — elative Malistani — illative Maliini — adessive Malillani — ablative Maliltani — allative Malilleni — essive Malinani — translative Malikseni — abessive Malittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Malisi — accusative nom. Malisi — gen. Malisi genitive Malisi — partitive Maliasi — inessive Malissasi — elative Malistasi — illative Maliisi — adessive Malillasi — ablative Maliltasi — allative Malillesi — essive Malinasi — translative Maliksesi — abessive Malittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Malimme — accusative nom. Malimme — gen. Malimme genitive Malimme — partitive Maliamme — inessive Malissamme — elative Malistamme — illative Maliimme — adessive Malillamme — ablative Maliltamme — allative Malillemme — essive Malinamme — translative Maliksemme — abessive Malittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Malinne — accusative nom. Malinne — gen. Malinne genitive Malinne — partitive Malianne — inessive Malissanne — elative Malistanne — illative Maliinne — adessive Malillanne — ablative Maliltanne — allative Malillenne — essive Malinanne — translative Maliksenne — abessive Malittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Malinsa — accusative nom. Malinsa — gen. Malinsa genitive Malinsa — partitive Maliaan Maliansa — inessive Malissaan Malissansa — elative Malistaan Malistansa — illative Maliinsa — adessive Malillaan Malillansa — ablative Maliltaan Maliltansa — allative Malilleen Malillensa — essive Malinaan Malinansa — translative Malikseen Maliksensa — abessive Malittaan Malittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• malilainen

Etymology 2

Variant of Malinen.

Proper noun

Mali

1. a Finnish surname
2. (rare) a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mali	Malit
genitive		Malin	Malien
partitive		Malia	Maleja
illative		Maliin	Maleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Mali	Malit
accusative	nom.	Mali	Malit
	gen.	Malin
genitive		Malin	Malien
partitive		Malia	Maleja
inessive		Malissa	Maleissa
elative		Malista	Maleista
illative		Maliin	Maleihin
adessive		Malilla	Maleilla
ablative		Malilta	Maleilta
allative		Malille	Maleille
essive		Malina	Maleina
translative		Maliksi	Maleiksi
abessive		Malitta	Maleitta
instructive		—	Malein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Malini Malini accusative nom. Malini Malini gen. Malini genitive Malini Malieni partitive Maliani Malejani inessive Malissani Maleissani elative Malistani Maleistani illative Maliini Maleihini adessive Malillani Maleillani ablative Maliltani Maleiltani allative Malilleni Maleilleni essive Malinani Maleinani translative Malikseni Maleikseni abessive Malittani Maleittani instructive — — comitative — Maleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Malisi Malisi accusative nom. Malisi Malisi gen. Malisi genitive Malisi Maliesi partitive Maliasi Malejasi inessive Malissasi Maleissasi elative Malistasi Maleistasi illative Maliisi Maleihisi adessive Malillasi Maleillasi ablative Maliltasi Maleiltasi allative Malillesi Maleillesi essive Malinasi Maleinasi translative Maliksesi Maleiksesi abessive Malittasi Maleittasi instructive — — comitative — Maleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Malimme Malimme accusative nom. Malimme Malimme gen. Malimme genitive Malimme Maliemme partitive Maliamme Malejamme inessive Malissamme Maleissamme elative Malistamme Maleistamme illative Maliimme Maleihimme adessive Malillamme Maleillamme ablative Maliltamme Maleiltamme allative Malillemme Maleillemme essive Malinamme Maleinamme translative Maliksemme Maleiksemme abessive Malittamme Maleittamme instructive — — comitative — Maleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Malinne Malinne accusative nom. Malinne Malinne gen. Malinne genitive Malinne Malienne partitive Malianne Malejanne inessive Malissanne Maleissanne elative Malistanne Maleistanne illative Maliinne Maleihinne adessive Malillanne Maleillanne ablative Maliltanne Maleiltanne allative Malillenne Maleillenne essive Malinanne Maleinanne translative Maliksenne Maleiksenne abessive Malittanne Maleittanne instructive — — comitative — Maleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Malinsa Malinsa accusative nom. Malinsa Malinsa gen. Malinsa genitive Malinsa Maliensa partitive Maliaan Maliansa Malejaan Malejansa inessive Malissaan Malissansa Maleissaan Maleissansa elative Malistaan Malistansa Maleistaan Maleistansa illative Maliinsa Maleihinsa adessive Malillaan Malillansa Maleillaan Maleillansa ablative Maliltaan Maliltansa Maleiltaan Maleiltansa allative Malilleen Malillensa Maleilleen Maleillensa essive Malinaan Malinansa Maleinaan Maleinansa translative Malikseen Maliksensa Maleikseen Maleiksensa abessive Malittaan Malittansa Maleittaan Maleittansa instructive — — comitative — Maleineen Maleinensa

Statistics

• The given name Mali belongs to 12 female individuals (and as a middle name to 9 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Mali belongs to 118 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• Ilma, Mila, ilma, lima

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malien

Fula

Alternative forms

• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭

Etymology

From French Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali n (proper noun, genitive Malis or (optionally with an article) Mali)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Malier
• malisch

Further reading

• “Mali” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒli]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li
• Rhymes: -li

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Mali	—
accusative	Malit	—
dative	Malinak	—
instrumental	Malival	—
causal-final	Maliért	—
translative	Malivá	—
terminative	Maliig	—
essive-formal	Maliként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Maliban	—
superessive	Malin	—
adessive	Malinál	—
illative	Maliba	—
sublative	Malira	—
allative	Malihoz	—
elative	Maliból	—
delative	Maliról	—
ablative	Malitól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Malié	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Maliéi	—

Possessive forms of Mali
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Malim	—
2nd person sing.	Malid	—
3rd person sing.	Malija	—
1st person plural	Malink	—
2nd person plural	Malitok	—
3rd person plural	Malijuk	—

Derived terms

• mali (“Malian”)

Italian

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• maliano

Anagrams

• almi, lima, mail, mila

Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f (indeclinable)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.

Proper noun

Mali

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• One of the most common female names in Norway in the 17th and 18th century. Today more common as Malin, Malene.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• malier
• malisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• maliar
• malisk

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ma‧li
• Homophone: mali

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

adjective

• malijski

 

nouns

• Malijczyk
• Malijka

 

Further reading

• Mali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈli/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maˈli/

• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• maliano
• maliense

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâːli/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mȃli m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Mali

	singular
nominative	Mȃli
genitive	Mȃlija
dative	Maliju
accusative	Mali
vocative	Mali
locative	Maliju
instrumental	Malijem

Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Alternative form of Malí

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams

• Liam, Lima, mail, mila

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mali, ultimately from Mandinka or Dyula mali (“hippopotamus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmali/, [ˈma.lɪ]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒ)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

declension of Mali

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Mali
accusative (belirtme)	Mali'yi
dative (yönelme)	Mali'ye
locative (bulunma)	Mali'de
ablative (çıkma)	Mali'den
genitive (tamlayan)	Mali'nin

    Possession of Mali

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Mali'm	Malilerim / Mali'lerim
senin (your)	Mali'n	Malilerin / Mali'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Mali'si	Malileri / Mali'leri
bizim (our)	Mali'miz	Malilerimiz / Mali'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Mali'niz	Malileriniz / Mali'leriniz
onların (their)	Mali'si / Malileri / Mali'leri	Malileri / Mali'leri

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)
2. a surname

Yoruba

Málì

Etymology

From English Mali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.lì/

Proper noun

Málì

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)