pali
IPA: pˈɑɫi
Root Word: Pali
noun
- A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures.
- The Prakrit language of the Buddha.
- (offensive, ethnic slur) A Palestinian person.
- Alternative form of Bali [A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.]
adjective
- (offensive, ethnic slur) Palestinian
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Examples of "pali" in Sentences
- My favorite combo is amra pali that too the green and yellow one.
- Also, it had no beach, the stream that threaded it leaping a pali of several hundred feet down to the sea.
- Ia lakou no e uwe ana, hoea mai ana o Kahalaomapuana ma ka pali mai, alaila, ua kuuia ka naau kaumaha o kona mau kaikuaana.
- In the context of the TEB flow field, 'pali' usually refers to Pulama pali that bisects the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision.
- A Jacob's ladder to the sky, truly, for that first pali "(precipice)," almost straight up, was three thousand feet above the sea.
- The colors are inspired by nature so when one goes shopping for sarees the connotations of color are like Baigany for purple like brinjal, Mor panki - colors of the peacock feather, amra pali - of the mango leaf, kesariya-the color of saffron, haldi - kumkum for turmeric and vermillion.
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