α. 1600s Balie, 1600s–1800s Bali, 1800s Balli.
β. 1700s Palli, 1700s– Pali, 1800s Palee.
Palin.1adj.
/ˈpɑːli/, U.S. /ˈpɑli/ A. n.1
The literary Indo-Aryan language of Buddhist canonical books and of the later Theravada Buddhist chronicles, commentaries, and other literature. Cf. Magadhi n.Formerly also: †the Old Prakrit language of early Indian inscriptions. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Sanskrit > Pali
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Sanskrit > literary form of Pali
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > Sanskrit > Pali of later Buddhists
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β. 1789 Asiatick Researches 1 354 We need say no more of the heterodox writings, than that those on the religion and philosophy of Buddha seem to be connected with some of the most curious parts of Asiatick History, and contain, perhaps, all that could be found in the Pálì, or sacred language of the Eastern Indian peninsula.1837 G. Turnour in tr. Maháwanso Introd. p. xxii Buddhists are impressed with the conviction that their sacred and classical language, the Mágadhi or Páli, is of greater antiquity than the Sanscrit.1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 246 Others believe that Pali..was the vernacular language of Magadha, the Holy Land of Buddhism.1916 T. S. Eliot Let. 7 Sept. (1988) I. 152 I got hold of their Indian books by telling them that I was a student of Sanskrit and Pali—whereupon they gave me several books on contemporary Indian politics.1972 W. Samarin Tongues Men & Angels xii. 230 Buddhist healers in Ceylon use different languages—Sanskrit, Pali, Malayalam, etc.—depending on whether they are addressing the demons or the audience.2003 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 26 Apr. 4 In a quiet, suburban Sydney street, saffron-robed monks chanted in Pali, the ancient language of Buddhism.1693 A. Pitfield tr. S. de la Loubère New Hist. Relation Kingdom Siam I. 9 The terms of Religion and Justice, the names of Offices, and all the Ornaments of the [Siamese] Vulgar Tongue are borrow'd from the Balie.
1805 Asiatick Researches 8 269 The Báli..was the language used at the court of the emperors of India.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, designating, or composed in Pali.
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β. 1793 W. Jones in Asiatick Researches 3 11 The Páli,..a language..very nearly allied to the Sanscrit, if we can depend on the testimony of M. De la Loubere; who..is charged by Carpanius with having mistaken the Barma for the Páli letters.1800 Oriental Coll. III. 90 The Pali alphabet, which La Loubere confounded with the Birmanic.1833 W. Tandy tr. V. Sangermano Descr. Burmese Empire 141 All these books are written in the Pali tongue.1896 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 7 123 The chief points in the life and doctrine of Buddha, as they have been made known to us in late years by the Pâli texts.1945 A. Huxley Let. 5 July (1969) 530 This corresponds exactly to the Hindu attitude and to the views of the Buddha, as expressed in the Pali scriptures.2002 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 4 May b4 The title of this seminal work of early Buddhism derives from two Pali words: dhamma, meaning ‘law’, ‘truth’ or ‘virtue’ and pada, meaning ‘path’.1693 A. Pitfield tr. S. de la Loubère New Hist. Relation Kingdom Siam I. 9 A dead Tongue, known only by the Learned, which is called the Balie Tongue.
1805 Asiatick Researches 8 269 The Chétra-Samása..is written in Pracrĭt, asserted by some to be the same with the Báli..dialect.
1822 R. G. Wallace 15 Years in India 187 The sacred books of the Buddhists are composed in the Balli tongue.
Compounds
Pali-Prakrit adj. and n. (designating) an Indo-Aryan language or languages having features of Pali and other Prakrit dialects; (also) Pali or Prakrit, Pali as representative of Prakrit.
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1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 482 In principle the same with corresponding changes in the Pāli-Prākrit dialects.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet vi. 388 Pali-Prakrit Sinhalese. This language..may be dated from the third century b.c. to about the fourth century a.d.
2002 Hindu (Nexis) 8 Feb. The President, K. R. Narayanan..presented certificates of honour to scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian languages.
Pali-Pyu adj. rare written in Pali and Pyu, an ancient Tibeto-Burman language of Burma (Myanmar).
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1948 D. Diringer Alphabet vii. 410 A mixed Pali-Pyu inscription.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
palin.2
/ˈpɑːli/, /ˈpali/, U.S. /ˈpɑli/, /ˈpæli/α. 1800s pari, 1800s parie, 1800s parre, 1800s parry.
β. 1800s– pali.
Also with capital initial. In Hawaii: a steep cliff or precipice.
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1815 J. B. Whitman Acct. Sandwich Islands (1979) 88 Hurl yourself from the top of that parie and then appear before me and I will grant your request.
1818 J. Hunnewell Jrnl. 18 Feb. in Voy. in Brig Bordeaux Packet (1909) 11 From this we began to ascend the Pali of Nawaur [Nuuanu], which is a precipice of about a thousand feet, nearly perpendicular.
1873 C. W. Stoddard Summer cruising in S. Seas 217 A Pari, a cliff, has many antecedents, and I feel that some dozen or so of climbs..still separate me from the rest I am seeking.
1915 W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii x. 113 The Pali is truly Oahu's scenic lion. It is a natural wonder.
1935 L. V. Jacks Mother Marianne of Molokai iv. 64 At the base of this peninsula huge mountains called ‘pali’ fence it across cliffs of more than twenty-five hundred feet sheer fall.
2002 Honolulu Advertiser (Nexis) 10 Dec. 1 b How many other developments are planned and will be planned in the shadow of hillsides, up against a pali, in the back of a narrow valley?
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