n. 巴利语

[ noun ]
an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism
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Pali \Pa"li\, n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. p[=a]li row, line, series,
applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.]
A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead
language, except when used as the sacred language of the
Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.


Pali \Pa"li\, n.,
pl. of {Palus}.


Palus \Pa"lus\, n.; pl. {Pali}. [L., a stake.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several upright slender calcareous processes which
surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.