[ 'pα:li: ]
■ noun an Indic language, closely related to Sanskrit, which developed in northern India in the 5th–2nd centuries BC.
Origin
from ~ pāli(-bhāsā) 'canonical texts'.
PALI
Meaning of PALI in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004