Mali

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːli/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːli

Etymology 1

Inherits its name from the Mali Empire, in turn from Mandinka or Dyula mali (hippopotamus).

Proper noun

Mali

  1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Clipping of Somali (a person from Somalia or of Somali descent)

Noun

Mali (plural Malis)

  1. (MLE, MTE, slang) A Somali
Derived terms

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Bambara

Alternative forms


Basque

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa).

Derived terms


Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in Africa)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmalɪ]

Proper noun

Mali n

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

  • Mali in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Mali in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑli/, [ˈmɑli]
  • Rhymes: -ɑli
  • Syllabification(key): Ma‧li

Etymology 1

From French Mali, from Mandinka or Bambara mali (hippopotamus).

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)
Declension
Inflection of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Mali
genitive Malin
partitive Malia
illative Maliin
singular plural
nominative Mali
accusative nom. Mali
gen. Malin
genitive Malin
partitive Malia
inessive Malissa
elative Malista
illative Maliin
adessive Malilla
ablative Malilta
allative Malille
essive Malina
translative Maliksi
instructive
abessive Malitta
comitative
Possessive forms of Mali (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Malini Malimme
2nd person Malisi Malinne
3rd person Malinsa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Variant of Malinen.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. a surname
  2. (rare) a female given name
Declension
Inflection of Mali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Mali Malit
genitive Malin Malien
partitive Malia Maleja
illative Maliin Maleihin
singular plural
nominative Mali Malit
accusative nom. Mali Malit
gen. Malin
genitive Malin Malien
partitive Malia Maleja
inessive Malissa Maleissa
elative Malista Maleista
illative Maliin Maleihin
adessive Malilla Maleilla
ablative Malilta Maleilta
allative Malille Maleille
essive Malina Maleina
translative Maliksi Maleiksi
instructive Malein
abessive Malitta Maleitta
comitative Maleineen
Possessive forms of Mali (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Malini Malimme
2nd person Malisi Malinne
3rd person Malinsa

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.li/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Fula

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in Africa)

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali n (proper noun, genitive Malis or (optionally with an article) Mali)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Mali” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒli]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mali
accusative Malit
dative Malinak
instrumental Malival
causal-final Maliért
translative Malivá
terminative Maliig
essive-formal Maliként
essive-modal
inessive Maliban
superessive Malin
adessive Malinál
illative Maliba
sublative Malira
allative Malihoz
elative Maliból
delative Maliról
ablative Malitól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Malié
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Maliéi
Possessive forms of Mali
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Malim
2nd person sing. Malid
3rd person sing. Malija
1st person plural Malink
2nd person plural Malitok
3rd person plural Malijuk

Derived terms


Italian

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

Anagrams


Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f (indeclinable)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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 (a country in West Africa)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.li/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Mali in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Mali in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃli m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension


Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

  1. Alternative form of Malí

Swahili

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

See also


Swedish

Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams


Tagalog

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Turkish

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

See also


Walloon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.li/

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in Africa)
  2. a surname

Yoruba

Málì

Etymology

From English Mali.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /má.lì/

Proper noun

Málì

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)
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