English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/
• Rhymes: -ɑːli

Proper noun

Mali

1. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Malian

Translations

See also

• Countries of the world
• Mali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

A shortened form of Somali or Somalia

Proper noun

Mali

1. (slang) Somalian

Anagrams

• alim
• Liam
• Lima
• mail

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali

Czech

Proper noun

Mali n

1. Mali

Finnish

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali

Declension

Derived terms

• malilainen

Anagrams

• Ilma, ilma, lima

German

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali n ‎(genitive Malis)

1. Mali

Derived terms

• Malier
• Malierin
• malisch

Italian

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali

Derived terms

• maliano

Anagrams

• almi
• lami
• lima
• mail
• mila

Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f ‎(indeclinable)

1. Mali

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.

Proper noun

Mali

1. 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (country)

Related terms

• malier
• malisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (country)

Related terms

• maliar
• malisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmali/

Proper noun

Mali n

1. Mali

Derived terms

• Malijczyk m, Malijka f
• adjective: malijski

Portuguese

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâːli/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mȃli m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

1. Mali

Declension

Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Alternative form of Malí

Swedish

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali

English

Noun

mali ‎(plural malis)

1. 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 […].

Etymology 2

From Xhosa imali, Zulu imali ‎(“money”), from English money.

Noun

mali ‎(uncountable)

1. (South Africa) Money, cash. [from 19th c.]

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mali/

Noun

mali ?

1. mountain

Finnish

Noun

mali

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

Declension

Synonyms

• koiruoho

Anagrams

• Ilma, ilma, lima

Italian

Noun

mali m

1. plural of male

Anagrams

• almi
• lami
• lima
• mail
• mila

Latin

Noun

mālī

1. nominative plural of mālus
2. genitive singular of mālus
3. vocative plural of mālus

Latvian

Verb

mali

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of malt

Polish

Adjective

mali

1. nominative plural personal masculine form of mały

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin male. Compare Italian male.

Adverb

mali

1. badly

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin malus. Compare Italian mali, male.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.lɪ/
• Hyphenation: mà‧li

Adjective

mali m pl, f pl

1. masculine plural of malu; bad.
2. feminine plural of malu

Inflection

Noun

mali m (plural mali)

1. evil, harm

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic مال ‎(māl).

Noun

mali (n class, plural mali)

1. wealth
2. property

Tagalog

Adjective

mali

1. wrong

Woiwurrung

Noun

mali

1. mallee