πάλι

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpali]

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• Homophone: πάλη (páli)
• Hyphenation: πά‧λι

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πάλιν (pálin).

Adverb

πάλι • (páli)

1. again
2. on the other hand

Synonyms

• ξανά (xaná)

Related terms

• και πάλι (kai páli, “again, for one more time”, literally “and again”)
• πάλι καλά (που ...) (páli kalá (pou ...), “luckily, good”, literally “good/well again”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit पालि (pāli), पालिभाषा (pālibhāṣā), but probably with some other European language (English Pali?) serving as intermediate.

Noun

πάλι • (páli) n pl

1. Pali

Further reading

• “πάλι”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998