mali

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see also: Mali

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɑːli/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈmæli/

Noun

mali (plural malis)

1. (India, South Asia) A member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any native gardener. [from 18th c.]
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 190:

     And, as always, an Indian close outside the window, a mali in this case, picking up sounds.

   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 99:

     the malis who tended the gardens, no less than the owners themselves, vied to outdo each other in the fancifulness of their plantings, creating here a little patch of topiary and there an avenue of trees, trimmed in the French fashion […].

Noun

mali (uncountable)

1. (South Africa) Money, cash. [from 19th c.]

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Mali

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɑːli/

Proper noun

1. A country in West Africa, official=Republic of Mali.

Translations

• French: Mali
• German: Mali
• Italian: Mali
• Portuguese: Mali
• Russian: Мали́
• Spanish: Malí

Proper noun

1. (slang) A Somali

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