Ali · feminine
Āli 1 (masculine or feminine? [Sanskrit āḷi] a certain kind of fish Ja V 405. Āli 2 and āḷi (feminine) [Sanskrit ālī] a dike, embankment Vin II 256; M III 96; A II 166 (°pabbheda); III 28; Ja I 336; III 533, 334.
āli , f. ( m. ? nom. āliḥ), ( 1 ) small ditch (for water): Mvy 4177 = Tib. yur phran ; cf. the Pali (and Skt. Lex. ) meaning dike ; ( 2 ) a-series ( i.e. a plus āli), name for a series of syllables (chiefly vowels and combinations of a or ā with semivowels), used as a magic formula in Sādh , and defined there 478.7 ff. Cf. kāli .
an embankment, a dike
【陰】 堤防，築堤。
(fem, fem) dam wall; embankment dike, embankment