mali
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmɑːli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈmæli/
- Hyphenation: ma‧li
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindi माली (mālī, “a gardener”), from Sanskrit माली (mālī, “a wreath-maker, a garland-maker; a florist; a gardener”), from माला (mālā, “wreath, garland; chaplet, crown”).[1]
Noun
mali (plural malis)
- (India, South Asia) A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any native gardener. [from 18th c.]
- 1840, G. T. Frederic Speede, Indian Hand-book of Gardening, Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co. St. Andrew's Library, →OCLC, page 1:
- [H]ence the slow progress hitherto made in the cultivation of such produce of the garden as is generally held in estimation by the European portion of the community, left as it generally is, to the simple Hindoo mallee (or gardener,) it is not to be wondered at, that our bazars want what are deemed the more delicate articles of vegetable production for the table; […]
- 1848, “Report of Exhibitions of Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers and Agricultural Produce, Held at Bhaugulpore, on 11th February and 25th May, 1848. (Communicated by Major [T. E. A.] Napleton, Honorary Secretary Branch Agri-Horticultural Society.)”, in Journal of the Agricultural & Horticultural Society of India, volumes VI, part II (Correspondence and Selections), number 3, Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, →OCLC, page 125:
- Prizes were awarded to ten other mallees for best samples of vegetables, fruits and flowers, and last though not least we have to note, that a prize of two rupees was awarded to the mallee of Robert Fulton, Esq., of Sultangunge, for a remarkably fine bunch of grapes, clearly showing that either the soil of Mr. Fulton's garden, the climate of Sultangunge, or the skill of that gentleman's gardener, are highly favorable to the growth, and bringing to maturity of this delicious fruit.
- 1871 November 29, “Cachar: Further Correspondence on the Subject of the Looshai Raids and the Consequent Hostilities (in Continuation of Paper, No. 398, of 1871)”, in Accounts and Papers: Thirty-six Volumes, volumes X (East India—continued), [London]: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be printed, published 28 May 1872, →OCLC, page 301:
- I sent down dhobies, sweepers, cooks, and mallees, last to dig trenches for burying the dead, when burning was not possible.
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 190:
- And, as always, an Indian close outside the window, a mali in this case, picking up sounds.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 99:
- the malis who tended the gardens, no less than the owners themselves, vied to outdo each other in the fancifulness of their plantings, creating here a little patch of topiary and there an avenue of trees, trimmed in the French fashion […].
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From Xhosa imali, Zulu imali (“money”), both ultimately from Swahili mali.
Noun
mali (uncountable)
- (South Africa) Money, cash. [from 19th c.]
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1872) “माऌ māla”, in A Sanskṛit–English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Greek, Latin, Gothic, German, Anglo-Saxon, and Other Cognate Indo-European Languages, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 774, columns 2–3.
Anagrams
Albanian
Pronunciation
Noun
mali definite singular form of mal
Amis
Noun
mali
References
- “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis][1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021
Bunun
Noun
mali
Finnish
Noun
mali
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. |
Synonyms
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
mali m
Anagrams
Kambera
Alternative forms
Noun
mali
References
- Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 213
Kavalan
Noun
mali
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) mālī
Latvian
Verb
mali
- (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular past indicative form of malt
Lubuagan Kalinga
Noun
mali
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
- (non-standard since 2012) (deprecated template usage) past participle of mala
Polish
Pronunciation
Adjective
mali
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin male. Compare Italian male.
Adverb
mali
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
mali
- inflection of mal:
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin malus. Compare Italian mali, male.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mali m pl or f pl
Inflection
Masculine | Feminine | |
Singular | malu | mala |
Plural | mali | mali |
Noun
mali m (plural mali)
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic مَال (māl, “property”).
Noun
mali (ma class, plural only)
Usage notes
This word is morphologically plural but semantically singular. If a plural sense is required, it may be put in the n class.
Descendants
- → Ila: madi
- → Northern Ndebele: imali
- → Rwanda-Rundi: imari
- → Shona: mari
- → Sotho: imali
- → Xhosa: imali
- → Zulu: imali
Tagalog
Adjective
malî
Anagrams
Woiwurrung
Noun
mali
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms borrowed from Hindi
- English terms derived from Hindi
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Indian English
- English terms with quotations
- English terms borrowed from Xhosa
- English terms derived from Xhosa
- English terms borrowed from Zulu
- English terms derived from Zulu
- English terms derived from Swahili
- English uncountable nouns
- South African English
- en:Horticulture
- en:Money
- en:Occupations
- en:People
- Albanian 2-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Amis lemmas
- Amis nouns
- Bunun lemmas
- Bunun nouns
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Plants
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun plural forms
- Kambera lemmas
- Kambera nouns
- Kavalan lemmas
- Kavalan nouns
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Lubuagan Kalinga lemmas
- Lubuagan Kalinga nouns
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish non-lemma forms
- Polish adjective forms
- Sardinian terms inherited from Latin
- Sardinian terms derived from Latin
- Sardinian lemmas
- Sardinian adverbs
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian adjective forms
- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Latin
- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sicilian non-lemma forms
- Sicilian adjective forms
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian masculine nouns
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
- Swahili terms derived from Arabic
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ma class nouns
- Swahili pluralia tantum
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog adjectives
- Woiwurrung lemmas
- Woiwurrung nouns