Pali
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pali"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Pali
- A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures. [from 1690s[1]]
- The Prakrit language of the Buddha.
Translations edit
a Middle Indo-Aryan language
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See also edit
- ISO 639-3 code pli (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Pali, pli
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Pali terms
References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Pali”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2 edit
From Mandarin 八里 (Bālǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-li³.
Proper noun edit
Pali
- Alternative form of Bali
- 1976, Pao-shu Chen, “A Study on Reesimermis Nielseni for Control of Culex Pipiens Fatigans in Taiwan”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica[1], volume 15, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 2:
- For field release trials, two C. p. fatigans breeding places (hereafter referred to as sites “A” and “B”) were selected in Pali Township, Taipei County.
- 1981 October 25, Robert Benjamin Kritzer, “This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly][2], volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
- Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.
- 2003 May 20, “President Chen Volunteers His Services at Loshan Sanatorium in Pali in Taipei County”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)][3], archived from the original on 14 October 2022[4]:
- Earlier in the day, Chen volunteered his services at Loshan Sanatorium in Pali on the outskirts of Taipei to mark his third anniversary in office.
- 2007 September 21, “Mass fish deaths along Pali coast in Taipei County”, in Focus Taiwan[5], archived from the original on 25 September 2022[6]:
- A massive die-off of fish has been discovered along the Pali coast in Taipei County, with a preliminary investigation ascribing the mortality to too much mud and silt in the waters due to recent heavy rains, the county's Environmental Protection Bureau official said Friday.
- 2015 June 29, “Taiwan water park explosion”, in CNN[7], number 2 of 7, archived from the original on 30 July 2015:
- Two men walk at the explosion site of the water park in the Pali district in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on June 28.
- 2021, Richard H. Cummings, “From Radio Liberation to Radio Liberty to RFE/RL”, in Cold War Frequencies: CIA Clandestine Radio Broadcasting to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe[8], McFarland & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53:
- The initial broadcasts went on the air on shortwave on May 1, 1955, from a transmitter at Panchao[sic – meaning Panchiao], located just beyond the western edge of the capital city, Taipei. This was an interim location, while a new base was constructed at Pali, on the coast 20 km north of Taipei.
- 2022 March 12, Shamseer Mambra, “8 Major Ports of Taiwan”, in MarineInsight[9], archived from the original on 31 July 2022[10]:
- The Taipei port is the biggest container facility in the northern region of Taiwan. Built by reclamation of coastland and comprising an artificial harbour, it is located in Pali close to Keelung port. It was dredged and expanded using innovative technologies to achieve the highest productivity and lower the project’s environmental impact.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pali.
Etymology 3 edit
Clipping of Palestinian, influenced by Paki.
Noun edit
Pali (plural Palis)
- (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Palestinian person.
Adjective edit
Pali (not comparable)
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Pal (Paul) + -i (-(of) the / -s).
Proper noun edit
Pali m (definite Pali)
- nominative singular definite of Pal
- genitive singular indefinite of Pal
- dative singular indefinite of Pal
- ablative singular indefinite of Pal
- patronymic form of Pal (“Paul”)
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
Pali m (strong, genitive Palis, plural Palis)
- (colloquial, chiefly in compounds) Clipping of Palästinenser (“Palestinian”).
- Palituch ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Pali-Fahne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension edit
Declension of Pali [masculine, strong]
Noun edit
Pali n (strong, genitive Palis, plural Palis)
- (colloquial) Clipping of Palituch.
Declension edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Pál + -i (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Pali
- a diminutive of the male given name Pál
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Pali | Palik |
| accusative | Palit | Palikat |
| dative | Palinak | Paliknak |
| instrumental | Palival | Palikkal |
| causal-final | Paliért | Palikért |
| translative | Palivá | Palikká |
| terminative | Paliig | Palikig |
| essive-formal | Paliként | Palikként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Paliban | Palikban |
| superessive | Palin | Palikon |
| adessive | Palinál | Paliknál |
| illative | Paliba | Palikba |
| sublative | Palira | Palikra |
| allative | Palihoz | Palikhoz |
| elative | Paliból | Palikból |
| delative | Paliról | Palikról |
| ablative | Palitól | Paliktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Palié | Paliké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Paliéi | Palikéi |
| Possessive forms of Pali | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Palim | Palijaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Palid | Palijaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Palija | Palijai |
| 1st person plural | Palink | Palijaink |
| 2nd person plural | Palitok | Palijaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Palijuk | Palijaik |