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Pali

/ˈpɑːli/ · name

Meaning

  1. Alternative form of Bali (in Taiwan).
  2. A district of Rajasthan, India.
  3. Palestinian.
  4. A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.
  5. A Palestinian person.
  6. The Pacific Palisades coast.
  7. plural of palus

Etymology / origin

A learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

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