पलाली

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পলালী (Assamese script)
ᬧᬮᬵᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
পলালী (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰩𑰯𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀮𑀸𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ပလာလီ (Burmese script)
પલાલી (Gujarati script)
ਪਲਾਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌲𑌾𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦭꦴꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಪಲಾಲೀ (Kannada script)
បលាលី (Khmer script)
ປລາລີ (Lao script)
പലാലീ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘩𑘰𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠯᠠᢗᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧉𑧑𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐮𑐵𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
ପଲାଲୀ (Odia script)
ꢦꢭꢵꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆬𑆳𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖩𑖯𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
පලාලී (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩽𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚥𑚭𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
பலாலீ (Tamil script)
పలాలీ (Telugu script)
ปลาลี (Thai script)
པ་ལཱ་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒪𑒰𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨬𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to पलाव (palā́va, “chaff, husks”); compare also the "masculine" form पलाल (palāla, “straw”). Both meanings are visible in Latin palea (“chaff, husks; straw”).

A Dravidian borrowing (compare Tamil புல் (pul, “grass”)), as Burrow suggests, is implausible.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.lɑː.liː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐˈl̪ɑː.l̪iː/

Noun

पलाली • (palālī́) stem, f

a stalk, straw

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पलाली
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पलाली (palālī́)	पलाल्यौ (palālyaù) पलाली¹ (palālī́¹)	पलाल्यः (palālyàḥ) पलालीः¹ (palālī́ḥ¹)
vocative	पलालि (pálāli)	पलाल्यौ (pálālyau) पलाली¹ (pálālī¹)	पलाल्यः (pálālyaḥ) पलालीः¹ (pálālīḥ¹)
accusative	पलालीम् (palālī́m)	पलाल्यौ (palālyaù) पलाली¹ (palālī́¹)	पलालीः (palālī́ḥ)
instrumental	पलाल्या (palālyā́)	पलालीभ्याम् (palālī́bhyām)	पलालीभिः (palālī́bhiḥ)
dative	पलाल्यै (palālyaí)	पलालीभ्याम् (palālī́bhyām)	पलालीभ्यः (palālī́bhyaḥ)
ablative	पलाल्याः (palālyā́ḥ) पलाल्यै² (palālyaí²)	पलालीभ्याम् (palālī́bhyām)	पलालीभ्यः (palālī́bhyaḥ)
genitive	पलाल्याः (palālyā́ḥ) पलाल्यै² (palālyaí²)	पलाल्योः (palālyóḥ)	पलालीनाम् (palālī́nām)
locative	पलाल्याम् (palālyā́m)	पलाल्योः (palālyóḥ)	पलालीषु (palālī́ṣu)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पलाली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 233