पल्ली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পল্লী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬮ᭄ᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
• পল্লী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပလ္လီ (Burmese script)
• પલ્લી (Gujarati script)
• ਪਲ੍ਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦭ꧀ꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಲ್ಲೀ (Kannada script)
• បល្លី (Khmer script)
• ປລ຺ລີ (Lao script)
• പല്ലീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠯᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠯᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପଲ୍ଲୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢭ꣄ꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පල‍්ලී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
• பல்லீ (Tamil script)
• పల్లీ (Telugu script)
• ปลฺลี (Thai script)
• པ་ལླཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐl.liː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐl̪.l̪iː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from South Dravidian, ultimately Proto-South Dravidian *palli. Compare Tamil பல்லி (palli).

Noun

पल्ली • (pallī) stem, n

1. house lizard, common house gecko

Descendants

• Konkani: पाल (pāl)
• Marathi: पाल (pāl)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately Proto-Dravidian *paḷḷi. Compare Tamil பள்ளி (paḷḷi).

Noun

पल्ली • (pallī) stem, n

1. small village, esp. settlement of wild tribes

Declension

Neuter ī-stem declension of पल्ली (pallī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पल्ली pallī	पल्ल्यौ / पल्ली¹ pallyau / pallī¹	पल्ल्यः / पल्लीः¹ pallyaḥ / pallīḥ¹
Vocative	पल्लि palli	पल्ल्यौ / पल्ली¹ pallyau / pallī¹	पल्ल्यः / पल्लीः¹ pallyaḥ / pallīḥ¹
Accusative	पल्लीम् pallīm	पल्ल्यौ / पल्ली¹ pallyau / pallī¹	पल्लीः pallīḥ
Instrumental	पल्ल्या pallyā	पल्लीभ्याम् pallībhyām	पल्लीभिः pallībhiḥ
Dative	पल्ल्यै pallyai	पल्लीभ्याम् pallībhyām	पल्लीभ्यः pallībhyaḥ
Ablative	पल्ल्याः / पल्ल्यै² pallyāḥ / pallyai²	पल्लीभ्याम् pallībhyām	पल्लीभ्यः pallībhyaḥ
Genitive	पल्ल्याः / पल्ल्यै² pallyāḥ / pallyai²	पल्ल्योः pallyoḥ	पल्लीनाम् pallīnām
Locative	पल्ल्याम् pallyām	पल्ल्योः pallyoḥ	पल्लीषु pallīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Bengali: পল্লি (polli), পল্লী (polli)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “पल्ली”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]