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Mali
Mali
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑːli/
- Rhymes: -ɑːli
Proper noun
Mali
- Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
A country in Western Africa
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Etymology 2
A shortened form of Somali or Somalia
Proper noun
Mali
- (slang) Somalian
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Mali
Declension
| Inflection of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mali | — | |
| genitive | Malin | — | |
| partitive | Malia | — | |
| illative | Maliin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Mali | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Mali | — |
| gen. | Malin | ||
| genitive | Malin | — | |
| partitive | Malia | — | |
| inessive | Malissa | — | |
| elative | Malista | — | |
| illative | Maliin | — | |
| adessive | Malilla | — | |
| ablative | Malilta | — | |
| allative | Malille | — | |
| essive | Malina | — | |
| translative | Maliksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Malitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Norwegian
Etymology
Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.
Proper noun
Mali
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- One of the most common female names in Norway in the 17th and 18th century. Today more common as Malin, Malene.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmali/
Proper noun
Mali n
Derived terms
- Malijczyk m, Malijka f
- adjective: malijski
mali
mali
English
Noun
mali (plural malis)
- A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any native gardener. [from 18th c.]
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 99:
- the malis who tended the gardens, no less than the owners themselves, vied to outdo each other in the fancifulness of their plantings, creating here a little patch of topiary and there an avenue of trees, trimmed in the French fashion […].
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 99:
Etymology 2
From Xhosa imali, Zulu imali (“money”), from English money.
Noun
mali (uncountable)
- (South Africa) Money, cash. [from 19th c.]
Finnish
Noun
mali
Declension
| Inflection of mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mali | malit | |
| genitive | malin | malien | |
| partitive | malia | maleja | |
| illative | maliin | maleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mali | malit | |
| accusative | nom. | mali | malit |
| gen. | malin | ||
| genitive | malin | malien | |
| partitive | malia | maleja | |
| inessive | malissa | maleissa | |
| elative | malista | maleista | |
| illative | maliin | maleihin | |
| adessive | malilla | maleilla | |
| ablative | malilta | maleilta | |
| allative | malille | maleille | |
| essive | malina | maleina | |
| translative | maliksi | maleiksi | |
| instructive | — | malein | |
| abessive | malitta | maleitta | |
| comitative | — | maleineen | |