# Pali
## English
### Etymology 1

A learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑːli/
* Rhymes: -ɑːli

#### Proper noun

Pali
* A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures. [from 1690s]
* The Prakrit language of the Buddha.

##### Translations
#### See also

* ISO 639-3 code pli (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Pali, pli ⁠
* Wiktionary's coverage of Pali terms

#### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Pali”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Proper noun

Pali
* Alternative form of Bali
** 1976, Pao-shu Chen, “A Study on Reesimermis Nielseni for Control of Culex Pipiens Fatigans in Taiwan”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica‎, volume 15, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 2:For field release trials, two C. p. fatigans breeding places (hereafter referred to as sites “A” and “B”) were selected in Pali Township, Taipei County.
** 1981 October 25, Robert Benjamin Kritzer, “This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎, volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.
** 2003 May 20, “President Chen Volunteers His Services at Loshan Sanatorium in Pali in Taipei County”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)]‎, archived from the original on 14 October 2022‎:Earlier in the day, Chen volunteered his services at Loshan Sanatorium in Pali on the outskirts of Taipei to mark his third anniversary in office.
** 2007 September 21, “Mass fish deaths along Pali coast in Taipei County”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 25 September 2022‎:A massive die-off of fish has been discovered along the Pali coast in Taipei County, with a preliminary investigation ascribing the mortality to too much mud and silt in the waters due to recent heavy rains, the county's Environmental Protection Bureau official said Friday.
** 2009 February 13, Diane Baker, “A slice of Cloud Gate life”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 July 2024, Features, page 14‎:Exactly one year to the day a predawn fire destroyed the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s (雲門舞集) home in Pali, Taipei County, founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) stood in front of the Taipei Story House on Wednesday, a huge banner with dancer Chiu I-wen (邱怡文) leaping in the air hanging behind him.
** 2015 June 29, “Taiwan water park explosion”, in CNN‎, number 2 of 7, archived from the original on 30 July 2015:Two men walk at the explosion site of the water park in the Pali district in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on June 28.
** 2021, Richard H. Cummings, “From Radio Liberation to Radio Liberty to RFE/RL”, in Cold War Frequencies: CIA Clandestine Radio Broadcasting to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe‎, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53:The initial broadcasts went on the air on shortwave on May 1, 1955, from a transmitter at Panchao, located just beyond the western edge of the capital city, Taipei. This was an interim location, while a new base was constructed at Pali, on the coast 20 km north of Taipei.
** 2022 March 12, Shamseer Mambra, “8 Major Ports of Taiwan”, in MarineInsight‎, archived from the original on 31 July 2022‎:The Taipei port is the biggest container facility in the northern region of Taiwan. Built by reclamation of coastland and comprising an artificial harbour, it is located in Pali close to Keelung port. It was dredged and expanded using innovative technologies to achieve the highest productivity and lower the project’s environmental impact.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pali.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of Palestinian, influenced by Paki.

#### Alternative forms

* Pally

#### Noun

Pali (plural Palis)
* (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Palestinian person.

#### Adjective

Pali (not comparable)
* (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Palestinian.

#### See also

* Pallywood

### Etymology 4

Clipping of Palisades.

#### Proper noun

Pali
* (surfing, slang) The Pacific Palisades coast.

### Anagrams

* ALIP, Lipa, Piła, lipa, pail, pial, pila

## Albanian
### Etymology

Pal (Paul) +‎ -i (-(of) the / -s).

### Proper noun

Pali m (definite Pali)
* nominative singular definite of Pal
* genitive singular indefinite of Pal
* dative singular indefinite of Pal
* ablative singular indefinite of Pal
* patronymic form of Pal (“Paul”)

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Pali m (strong, genitive Palis, plural Palis)
* (colloquial, chiefly in compounds) Clipping of Palästinenser (“Palestinian”).
    Palituch ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Pali-Fahne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Declension
### Noun

Pali n (strong, genitive Palis, plural Palis)
* (colloquial) Clipping of Palituch.

#### Declension
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Pál +‎ -i (diminutive suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɒli]
* Hyphenation: Pa‧li
* Rhymes: -li

### Proper noun

Pali
* a diminutive of the male given name Pál

#### Derived terms

* pali