पालि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পালি (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
• পালি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပါလိ (Burmese script)
• પાલિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಲಿ (Kannada script)
• បាលិ (Khmer script)
• ປາລິ (Lao script)
• പാലി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପାଲି (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
• පාලි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
• பாலி (Tamil script)
• పాలి (Telugu script)
• ปาลิ (Thai script)
• པཱ་ལི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.li/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.l̪i/

Noun

पालि • (pāli) stem, f

1. the tip or ear lobe, the outer ear
2. a boundary, limit, margin, edge
3. a row, line, range
4. a dam, dike, bridge
5. a pot, boiler
6. a particular measure of capacity
7. prescribed food, maintenance of a scholar during the period of his studies by his teacher
8. lap
9. bosom
10. a circumference
11. a mark, spot
12. a louse
13. a woman with a beard

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of पालि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पालिः (pāliḥ)	पाली (pālī)	पालयः (pālayaḥ)
vocative	पाले (pāle)	पाली (pālī)	पालयः (pālayaḥ)
accusative	पालिम् (pālim)	पाली (pālī)	पालीः (pālīḥ)
instrumental	पाल्या (pālyā) पाली¹ (pālī¹)	पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām)	पालिभिः (pālibhiḥ)
dative	पालये (pālaye) पाल्यै² (pālyai²) पाली¹ (pālī¹)	पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām)	पालिभ्यः (pālibhyaḥ)
ablative	पालेः (pāleḥ) पाल्याः² (pālyāḥ²) पाल्यै³ (pālyai³)	पालिभ्याम् (pālibhyām)	पालिभ्यः (pālibhyaḥ)
genitive	पालेः (pāleḥ) पाल्याः² (pālyāḥ²) पाल्यै³ (pālyai³)	पाल्योः (pālyoḥ)	पालीनाम् (pālīnām)
locative	पालौ (pālau) पाल्याम्² (pālyām²) पाला¹ (pālā¹)	पाल्योः (pālyoḥ)	पालिषु (pāliṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पालि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 623.