शालि

See also: शालीन

Sanskrit[edit]

From a substrate language according to Michael Witzel.

शालि • (śāli) stem, m

rice
rice grains
- दशकुमारचरितम् दण्डिनः:
  साकन्या तान्गन्धशालीन्संक्षुद्य मात्रया विशोष्यातपे मुहुर्मुहुः परिवर्त्य स्थिरसमाया भूमौ नालीपृष्टेन मृदुमृदु घट्टयन्ती तुषैरखण्डैस्तण्डुलान्पृथक्चकार
  sākanyā tāngandhaśālīnsaṃkṣudya mātrayā viśoṣyātape muhurmuhuḥ parivartya sthirasamāyā bhūmau nālīpṛṣṭena mṛdumṛdu ghaṭṭayantī tuṣairakhaṇḍaistaṇḍulānpṛthakcakāra
  having then stirred the scentful ricegrains and sun-dried them awhile on the ground, continuously overturning them at regular intervals and rubbing them cautiously with the surface of a tube, the maiden sundered their chaff from the unscathed grain
cooked rice

Masculine i-stem declension of शालि (śāli)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शालिः śāliḥ	शाली śālī	शालयः śālayaḥ
Vocative	शाले śāle	शाली śālī	शालयः śālayaḥ
Accusative	शालिम् śālim	शाली śālī	शालीन् śālīn
Instrumental	शालिना / शाल्या¹ śālinā / śālyā¹	शालिभ्याम् śālibhyām	शालिभिः śālibhiḥ
Dative	शालये śālaye	शालिभ्याम् śālibhyām	शालिभ्यः śālibhyaḥ
Ablative	शालेः / शाल्यः¹ śāleḥ / śālyaḥ¹	शालिभ्याम् śālibhyām	शालिभ्यः śālibhyaḥ
Genitive	शालेः / शाल्यः¹ śāleḥ / śālyaḥ¹	शाल्योः śālyoḥ	शालीनाम् śālīnām
Locative	शालौ / शाला¹ śālau / śālā¹	शाल्योः śālyoḥ	शालिषु śāliṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Pali: sāli
- → Thai: สาลี (“wheat”), สาลิ
- → Lao: ສາລີ (sā lī)
- → Northern Thai: ᩈᩣᩃᩦ (“wheat; maize”)
→ Chinese: 舍利
Marathi: साळ (sāḷ)
Gujarati: સાળ (sāḷ)