मल्लि

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Malayalam മല്ലി (malli), മുല്ല (mulla), Tamil மல்லி (malli), Telugu మల్లి (malli).

Noun

मल्लि • (malli) stem, f

  1. a kind of jasmine, Jasminum zambac
  2. a Jain saint
  3. a kind of agallochum
Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of मल्लि (malli)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मल्लिः
malliḥ 		मल्ली
mallī 		मल्लयः
mallayaḥ
Vocative मल्ले
malle 		मल्ली
mallī 		मल्लयः
mallayaḥ
Accusative मल्लिम्
mallim 		मल्ली
mallī 		मल्लीः
mallīḥ
Instrumental मल्ल्या / मल्ली¹
mallyā / mallī¹ 		मल्लिभ्याम्
mallibhyām 		मल्लिभिः
mallibhiḥ
Dative मल्लये / मल्ल्यै² / मल्ली¹
mallaye / mallyai² / mallī¹ 		मल्लिभ्याम्
mallibhyām 		मल्लिभ्यः
mallibhyaḥ
Ablative मल्लेः / मल्ल्याः² / मल्ल्यै³
malleḥ / mallyāḥ² / mallyai³ 		मल्लिभ्याम्
mallibhyām 		मल्लिभ्यः
mallibhyaḥ
Genitive मल्लेः / मल्ल्याः² / मल्ल्यै³
malleḥ / mallyāḥ² / mallyai³ 		मल्ल्योः
mallyoḥ 		मल्लीनाम्
mallīnām
Locative मल्लौ / मल्ल्याम्² / मल्ला¹
mallau / mallyām² / mallā¹ 		मल्ल्योः
mallyoḥ 		मल्लिषु
malliṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare मलि (mali).

Noun

मल्लि • (malli) stem, m

  1. the act of having, holding, possessing
Declension
Masculine i-stem declension of मल्लि (malli)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मल्लिः
malliḥ 		मल्ली
mallī 		मल्लयः
mallayaḥ
Vocative मल्ले
malle 		मल्ली
mallī 		मल्लयः
mallayaḥ
Accusative मल्लिम्
mallim 		मल्ली
mallī 		मल्लीन्
mallīn
Instrumental मल्लिना / मल्ल्या¹
mallinā / mallyā¹ 		मल्लिभ्याम्
mallibhyām 		मल्लिभिः
mallibhiḥ
Dative मल्लये
mallaye 		मल्लिभ्याम्
mallibhyām 		मल्लिभ्यः
mallibhyaḥ
Ablative मल्लेः
malleḥ 		मल्लिभ्याम्
mallibhyām 		मल्लिभ्यः
mallibhyaḥ
Genitive मल्लेः
malleḥ 		मल्ल्योः
mallyoḥ 		मल्लीनाम्
mallīnām
Locative मल्लौ / मल्ला¹
mallau / mallā¹ 		मल्ल्योः
mallyoḥ 		मल्लिषु
malliṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मल्लि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 793/1.
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मल्लि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 393
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