वलि

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

ৱলি (Assamese script)
ᬯᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
বলি (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဝလိ (Burmese script)
વલિ (Gujarati script)
ਵਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ವಲಿ (Kannada script)
វលិ (Khmer script)
ວລິ (Lao script)
വലി (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠸᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
ଵଲି (Odia script)
ꢮꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
වලි (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
வலி (Tamil script)
వలి (Telugu script)
วลิ (Thai script)
ཝ་ལི (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin. Burrow derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”), comparing to Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ (hélix, “spiral”). Other theories connect the word to वल् (val, “to turn round”) and/or वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.li/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.l̪i/

Noun edit

वलि • (vali) stem, m or f

a fold of the skin, wrinkle
a line or stroke made with fragrant unguents on the person
the edge of a roof
sulfur
a particular musical instrument

Declension edit

Masculine i-stem declension of वलि (vali)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वलिः valiḥ	वली valī	वलयः valayaḥ
Vocative	वले vale	वली valī	वलयः valayaḥ
Accusative	वलिम् valim	वली valī	वलीन् valīn
Instrumental	वलिना / वल्या¹ valinā / valyā¹	वलिभ्याम् valibhyām	वलिभिः valibhiḥ
Dative	वलये valaye	वलिभ्याम् valibhyām	वलिभ्यः valibhyaḥ
Ablative	वलेः / वल्यः¹ valeḥ / valyaḥ¹	वलिभ्याम् valibhyām	वलिभ्यः valibhyaḥ
Genitive	वलेः / वल्यः¹ valeḥ / valyaḥ¹	वल्योः valyoḥ	वलीनाम् valīnām
Locative	वलौ / वला¹ valau / valā¹	वल्योः valyoḥ	वलिषु valiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine i-stem declension of वलि (vali)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वलिः valiḥ	वली valī	वलयः valayaḥ
Vocative	वले vale	वली valī	वलयः valayaḥ
Accusative	वलिम् valim	वली valī	वलीः valīḥ
Instrumental	वल्या / वली¹ valyā / valī¹	वलिभ्याम् valibhyām	वलिभिः valibhiḥ
Dative	वलये / वल्यै² / वली¹ valaye / valyai² / valī¹	वलिभ्याम् valibhyām	वलिभ्यः valibhyaḥ
Ablative	वलेः / वल्याः² / वल्यै³ valeḥ / valyāḥ² / valyai³	वलिभ्याम् valibhyām	वलिभ्यः valibhyaḥ
Genitive	वलेः / वल्याः² / वल्यै³ valeḥ / valyāḥ² / valyai³	वल्योः valyoḥ	वलीनाम् valīnām
Locative	वलौ / वल्याम्² / वला¹ valau / valyām² / valā¹	वल्योः valyoḥ	वलिषु valiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “वलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 928/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 525
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163