မာလီ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màlì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mali • ALA-LC: mālī • BGN/PCGN: mali • Okell: mali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मालिन् (mālin). Compare Hindi माली (mālī).

Noun

မာလီ • (mali)

1. gardener

   Synonym: ဥယျာဉ်မှူး (u.yyanyhmu:)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Mali.

Proper noun

မာလီ • (mali)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

   မာလီနိုင်ငံ ― malinuingngam ― Mali (country)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Malé.

Proper noun

မာလီ • (mali)

1. Malé (the capital city of the Maldives)

   မာလီမြို့ ― mali-mrui. ― Malé (city)

Further reading

• “မာလီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.