Mali

Mali

See also: Malí, mali, malí, mǎlì, māli, mą́łi, and mạ lị

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːli/

• Audio (US)

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• 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

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Malian

Translations

a country in Western Africa

Afrikaans: Mali Amharic: ማሊ (mali) Arabic: مَالِي‎ f (mālī) Armenian: Մալի (Mali) Belarusian: Малі́ f (Malí) Bengali: মালি (bn) (mali) Breton: Mali (br) Burmese: မာလီ (my) (mali) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬里／马里 (zh) (Mǎlǐ) Czech: Mali (cs) n Danish: Mali (da) Dhivehi: މާލީ‎ (dv) (mālī) Dutch: Mali (nl) n Esperanto: Malio (eo) Estonian: Mali (et) Finnish: Mali (fi) French: Mali (fr) Georgian: მალი (mali) German: Mali (de) n Greek: Μάλι (el) n (Máli) Hausa: Mali (ha) Hebrew: מאלי‎ f (mali) Hindi: माली (hi) (mālī) Hungarian: Mali (hu) Icelandic: Malí (is) n Interlingua: Mali Italian: Mali (it) Japanese: マリ (ja) (Mari) Kalenjin: Mali Kamba: Mali Kazakh: Мали (Mali) Khmer: ម៉ាលី (km) (maalii) Kikuyu: Mali Korean: 말리 (ko) (Malli) Kyrgyz: Мали (ky) (Mali) Lao: ມາລີ (mā lī) Macedonian: Мали (mk) n (Mali) Maori: Māri (mi) Meru: Mali Mongolian: Мали (mn) (Mali) Norman: Mali Norwegian: Bokmål: Mali (no) Nynorsk: Mali (nn) Persian: مالی‎ (fa) (mâli) Polish: Mali (pl) Portuguese: Mali (pt) Romanian: Mali (ro) Russian: Мали́ (ru) f (Malí) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ма̑ли m Roman: Mȃli (sh) m Sinhalese: මාලි (māli) Slovak: Mali n Slovene: Mali (sl) Spanish: Malí (es) Swahili: Mali (sw) Swedish: Mali (sv) Tagalog: Mali (tl) Tajik: Малӣ (tg) (Malī) Thai: มาลี (th) (maa-lii) Tigrinya: ማሊ (mali) Turkish: Mali (tr) Ukrainian: Малі́ (uk) f (Malí) Vietnamese: Ma-li Yoruba: Mali Zulu: IMali

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}
• Mali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• Alim, Liam, Lima, Mila, alim, lima, mail

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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Bambara

Alternative forms

• مالي‎
• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭‎
• ߡߊߟߌ‎

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Basque

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa).

Derived terms

• malià

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Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in Africa)

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmalɪ]

Proper noun

Mali n

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• maliský
• malijský
• Malijec

Further reading

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

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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

• malilainen

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

Anagrams

• Ilma, Mila, ilma, lima

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• malien

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Fula

Alternative forms

• 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭‎

Etymology

From French Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in Africa)

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

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

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• Malier
• malisch

Further reading

• “Mali” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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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

• mali (“Malian”)

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Italian

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• maliano

Anagrams

• almi, lima, mail, mila

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Latvian

Proper noun

Mali f (indeclinable)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Similar to English Mali.

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• malier
• malisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• maliar
• malisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali n (indeclinable)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

adjective

• malijski

 

nouns

• Malijczyk
• Malijka

 

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈli/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maˈli/

• Hyphenation: Ma‧li

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• maliano
• maliense

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mȃli m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̑ли)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Mali

	singular
nominative	Mȃli
genitive	Mȃlija
dative	Maliju
accusative	Mali
vocative	Mali
locative	Maliju
instrumental	Malijem

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Spanish

Proper noun

Mali m

1. Alternative form of Malí

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Swahili

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Mali n (genitive Malis)

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Anagrams

• Liam, Lima, mail, mila

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Tagalog

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Mali

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)

Declension

declension of Mali

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Mali
accusative (belirtme)	Mali'yi
dative (yönelme)	Mali'ye
locative (bulunma)	Mali'de
ablative (çıkma)	Mali'den
genitive (tamlayan)	Mali'nin

    Possession of Mali

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Mali'm	Malilerim / Mali'lerim
senin (your)	Mali'n	Malilerin / Mali'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Mali'si	Malileri / Mali'leri
bizim (our)	Mali'miz	Malilerimiz / Mali'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Mali'niz	Malileriniz / Mali'leriniz
onların (their)	Mali'si / Malileri / Mali'leri	Malileri / Mali'leri

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.li/

Proper noun

Mali

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

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Yoruba

Málì

Etymology

From English Mali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /má.lì/

Proper noun

Málì

1. Mali (a country in West Africa)