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Etymology of Pali

A learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism. · A district of Rajasthan, India.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

A learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

Alternative form of Bali (in Taiwan).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Mandarin 八里 (Bālǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Pa¹-li³.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

A Palestinian person.

adj

Palestinian.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of Palestinian, influenced by Paki.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
name

The Pacific Palisades coast.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Clipping of Palisades.

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