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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Mali

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa; capital: Bamako)

Derived terms

Bambara

Alternative forms

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mali/ [ma.li]
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali inan

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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 (indeclinable, related adjective maliský or malijský, demonym Malijec)

  1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Further reading

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑli/, [ˈmɑ̝li]
  • 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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Mali (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Malini —
accusative nom. Malini —
gen. Malini
genitive Malini —
partitive Maliani —
inessive Malissani —
elative Malistani —
illative Maliini —
adessive Malillani —
ablative Maliltani —
allative Malilleni —
essive Malinani —
translative Malikseni —
instructive — —
abessive Malittani —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Malisi —
accusative nom. Malisi —
gen. Malisi
genitive Malisi —
partitive Maliasi —
inessive Malissasi —
elative Malistasi —
illative Maliisi —
adessive Malillasi —
ablative Maliltasi —
allative Malillesi —
essive Malinasi —
translative Maliksesi —
instructive — —
abessive Malittasi —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Malimme —
accusative nom. Malimme —
gen. Malimme
genitive Malimme —
partitive Maliamme —
inessive Malissamme —
elative Malistamme —
illative Maliimme —
adessive Malillamme —
ablative Maliltamme —
allative Malillemme —
essive Malinamme —
translative Maliksemme —
instructive — —
abessive Malittamme —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Malinne —
accusative nom. Malinne —
gen. Malinne
genitive Malinne —
partitive Malianne —
inessive Malissanne —
elative Malistanne —
illative Maliinne —
adessive Malillanne —
ablative Maliltanne —
allative Malillenne —
essive Malinanne —
translative Maliksenne —
instructive — —
abessive Malittanne —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Malinsa —
accusative nom. Malinsa —
gen. Malinsa
genitive Malinsa —
partitive Maliaan
Maliansa
—
inessive Malissaan
Malissansa
—
elative Malistaan
Malistansa
—
illative Maliinsa —
adessive Malillaan
Malillansa
—
ablative Maliltaan
Maliltansa
—
allative Malilleen
Malillensa
—
essive Malinaan
Malinansa
—
translative Malikseen
Maliksensa
—
instructive — —
abessive Malittaan
Malittansa
—
comitative — —
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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Mali (type risti)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Malini Malini
accusative nom. Malini Malini
gen. Malini
genitive Malini Malieni
partitive Maliani Malejani
inessive Malissani Maleissani
elative Malistani Maleistani
illative Maliini Maleihini
adessive Malillani Maleillani
ablative Maliltani Maleiltani
allative Malilleni Maleilleni
essive Malinani Maleinani
translative Malikseni Maleikseni
instructive — —
abessive Malittani Maleittani
comitative — Maleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Malisi Malisi
accusative nom. Malisi Malisi
gen. Malisi
genitive Malisi Maliesi
partitive Maliasi Malejasi
inessive Malissasi Maleissasi
elative Malistasi Maleistasi
illative Maliisi Maleihisi
adessive Malillasi Maleillasi
ablative Maliltasi Maleiltasi
allative Malillesi Maleillesi
essive Malinasi Maleinasi
translative Maliksesi Maleiksesi
instructive — —
abessive Malittasi Maleittasi
comitative — Maleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Malimme Malimme
accusative nom. Malimme Malimme
gen. Malimme
genitive Malimme Maliemme
partitive Maliamme Malejamme
inessive Malissamme Maleissamme
elative Malistamme Maleistamme
illative Maliimme Maleihimme
adessive Malillamme Maleillamme
ablative Maliltamme Maleiltamme
allative Malillemme Maleillemme
essive Malinamme Maleinamme
translative Maliksemme Maleiksemme
instructive — —
abessive Malittamme Maleittamme
comitative — Maleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Malinne Malinne
accusative nom. Malinne Malinne
gen. Malinne
genitive Malinne Malienne
partitive Malianne Malejanne
inessive Malissanne Maleissanne
elative Malistanne Maleistanne
illative Maliinne Maleihinne
adessive Malillanne Maleillanne
ablative Maliltanne Maleiltanne
allative Malillenne Maleillenne
essive Malinanne Maleinanne
translative Maliksenne Maleiksenne
instructive — —
abessive Malittanne Maleittanne
comitative — Maleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Malinsa Malinsa
accusative nom. Malinsa Malinsa
gen. Malinsa
genitive Malinsa Maliensa
partitive Maliaan
Maliansa
Malejaan
Malejansa
inessive Malissaan
Malissansa
Maleissaan
Maleissansa
elative Malistaan
Malistansa
Maleistaan
Maleistansa
illative Maliinsa Maleihinsa
adessive Malillaan
Malillansa
Maleillaan
Maleillansa
ablative Maliltaan
Maliltansa
Maleiltaan
Maleiltansa
allative Malilleen
Malillensa
Maleilleen
Maleillensa
essive Malinaan
Malinansa
Maleinaan
Maleinansa
translative Malikseen
Maliksensa
Maleikseen
Maleiksensa
instructive — —
abessive Malittaan
Malittansa
Maleittaan
Maleittansa
comitative — Maleineen
Maleinensa

Anagrams

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

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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