Definitions for pâliˈpɑ li

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Pa•liˈpɑ li(n.)

  1. the Prakrit language of the Buddhist scriptures.

    Category: Peoples

Origin of Pali:

1685–95; short for Skt pāli-bhāsa language of the canonical texts =pāli line, row, canon +bhāsa language

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Pali(noun)

    an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism

Wiktionary

  1. Pali(ProperNoun)

    A Middle Indo-Aryan language (Devanagari u092Au093Eu0934u093F) of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of the Buddhist scriptures. It has no native script, so it may be written in various alphabets, including Devanagari, Burmese, and Roman.

  2. Pali(ProperNoun)

    The Prakrit language of the Buddha.

  3. Origin: Literally, pāli means "line" or "(canonical) text".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pali(noun)

    pl. of Palus

  2. Pali(noun)

    a dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc

  3. Pali(u)

    of Palus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Pâli

    the sacred language of the Buddhists, once a living language, but, like Sanskrit, no longer spoken.


Translations for pâli

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

stilts(noun plural)

tall poles fixed under a house etc to support it eg if it is built on a steep hillside.

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