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Declension ofMali(inan V-stem)
	indefinite
absolutive	Mali
ergative	Malik
dative	Maliri
genitive	Maliren
comitative	Malirekin
causative	Malirengatik
benefactive	Malirentzat
instrumental	Maliz
innesive	Malin
locative	Maliko
allative	Malira
terminative	Maliraino
directive	Malirantz
destinative	Malirako
ablative	Malitik
partitive	Malirik
prolative	Malitzat

Derived terms

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maliar(“Malian”)

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)[ˈma.li]
Audio(Valencia): (file)

Proper noun

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Mali m

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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malià

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Czech

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CzechWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^cs

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈmalɪ]

Proper noun

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Mali n (indeclinable,relational adjectivemaliskýormalijský,demonymMalijec)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^da

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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Finnish

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FinnishWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^fi

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmɑli/,[ˈmɑ̝li]
Rhymes:-ɑli
Syllabification^(key):Ma‧li
Hyphenation^(key):Ma‧li

Etymology 1

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FromFrenchMali, fromMandinka orBambaramali(“hippopotamus”).

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Declension

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Inflection ofMali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mali	—
genitive		Malin	—
partitive		Malia	—
illative		Maliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Mali	—
accusative	nom.	Mali	—
accusative	gen.	Malin	—
genitive		Malin	—
partitive		Malia	—
inessive		Malissa	—
elative		Malista	—
illative		Maliin	—
adessive		Malilla	—
ablative		Malilta	—
allative		Malille	—
essive		Malina	—
translative		Maliksi	—
abessive		Malitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms ofMali(Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malini	—
accusative	nom.	Malini	—
accusative	gen.	Malini	—
genitive		Malini	—
partitive		Maliani	—
inessive		Malissani	—
elative		Malistani	—
illative		Maliini	—
adessive		Malillani	—
ablative		Maliltani	—
allative		Malilleni	—
essive		Malinani	—
translative		Malikseni	—
abessive		Malittani	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malisi	—
accusative	nom.	Malisi	—
accusative	gen.	Malisi	—
genitive		Malisi	—
partitive		Maliasi	—
inessive		Malissasi	—
elative		Malistasi	—
illative		Maliisi	—
adessive		Malillasi	—
ablative		Maliltasi	—
allative		Malillesi	—
essive		Malinasi	—
translative		Maliksesi	—
abessive		Malittasi	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malimme	—
accusative	nom.	Malimme	—
accusative	gen.	Malimme	—
genitive		Malimme	—
partitive		Maliamme	—
inessive		Malissamme	—
elative		Malistamme	—
illative		Maliimme	—
adessive		Malillamme	—
ablative		Maliltamme	—
allative		Malillemme	—
essive		Malinamme	—
translative		Maliksemme	—
abessive		Malittamme	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malinne	—
accusative	nom.	Malinne	—
accusative	gen.	Malinne	—
genitive		Malinne	—
partitive		Malianne	—
inessive		Malissanne	—
elative		Malistanne	—
illative		Maliinne	—
adessive		Malillanne	—
ablative		Maliltanne	—
allative		Malillenne	—
essive		Malinanne	—
translative		Maliksenne	—
abessive		Malittanne	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malinsa	—
accusative	nom.	Malinsa	—
accusative	gen.	Malinsa	—
genitive		Malinsa	—
partitive		Maliaan Maliansa	—
inessive		Malissaan Malissansa	—
elative		Malistaan Malistansa	—
illative		Maliinsa	—
adessive		Malillaan Malillansa	—
ablative		Maliltaan Maliltansa	—
allative		Malilleen Malillensa	—
essive		Malinaan Malinansa	—
translative		Malikseen Maliksensa	—
abessive		Malittaan Malittansa	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	—

Derived terms

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malilainen

Etymology 2

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Variant ofMalinen.

Proper noun

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Mali

a Finnishsurname
(rare)a femalegiven name

Declension

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Inflection ofMali (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Mali	Malit
genitive		Malin	Malien
partitive		Malia	Maleja
illative		Maliin	Maleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Mali	Malit
accusative	nom.	Mali	Malit
accusative	gen.	Malin	Malit
genitive		Malin	Malien
partitive		Malia	Maleja
inessive		Malissa	Maleissa
elative		Malista	Maleista
illative		Maliin	Maleihin
adessive		Malilla	Maleilla
ablative		Malilta	Maleilta
allative		Malille	Maleille
essive		Malina	Maleina
translative		Maliksi	Maleiksi
abessive		Malitta	Maleitta
instructive		—	Malein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms ofMali(Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malini	Malini
accusative	nom.	Malini	Malini
accusative	gen.	Malini	Malini
genitive		Malini	Malieni
partitive		Maliani	Malejani
inessive		Malissani	Maleissani
elative		Malistani	Maleistani
illative		Maliini	Maleihini
adessive		Malillani	Maleillani
ablative		Maliltani	Maleiltani
allative		Malilleni	Maleilleni
essive		Malinani	Maleinani
translative		Malikseni	Maleikseni
abessive		Malittani	Maleittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Maleineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malisi	Malisi
accusative	nom.	Malisi	Malisi
accusative	gen.	Malisi	Malisi
genitive		Malisi	Maliesi
partitive		Maliasi	Malejasi
inessive		Malissasi	Maleissasi
elative		Malistasi	Maleistasi
illative		Maliisi	Maleihisi
adessive		Malillasi	Maleillasi
ablative		Maliltasi	Maleiltasi
allative		Malillesi	Maleillesi
essive		Malinasi	Maleinasi
translative		Maliksesi	Maleiksesi
abessive		Malittasi	Maleittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Maleinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malimme	Malimme
accusative	nom.	Malimme	Malimme
accusative	gen.	Malimme	Malimme
genitive		Malimme	Maliemme
partitive		Maliamme	Malejamme
inessive		Malissamme	Maleissamme
elative		Malistamme	Maleistamme
illative		Maliimme	Maleihimme
adessive		Malillamme	Maleillamme
ablative		Maliltamme	Maleiltamme
allative		Malillemme	Maleillemme
essive		Malinamme	Maleinamme
translative		Maliksemme	Maleiksemme
abessive		Malittamme	Maleittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Maleinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malinne	Malinne
accusative	nom.	Malinne	Malinne
accusative	gen.	Malinne	Malinne
genitive		Malinne	Malienne
partitive		Malianne	Malejanne
inessive		Malissanne	Maleissanne
elative		Malistanne	Maleistanne
illative		Maliinne	Maleihinne
adessive		Malillanne	Maleillanne
ablative		Maliltanne	Maleiltanne
allative		Malillenne	Maleillenne
essive		Malinanne	Maleinanne
translative		Maliksenne	Maleiksenne
abessive		Malittanne	Maleittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Maleinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		Malinsa	Malinsa
accusative	nom.	Malinsa	Malinsa
accusative	gen.	Malinsa	Malinsa
genitive		Malinsa	Maliensa
partitive		Maliaan Maliansa	Malejaan Malejansa
inessive		Malissaan Malissansa	Maleissaan Maleissansa
elative		Malistaan Malistansa	Maleistaan Maleistansa
illative		Maliinsa	Maleihinsa
adessive		Malillaan Malillansa	Maleillaan Maleillansa
ablative		Maliltaan Maliltansa	Maleiltaan Maleiltansa
allative		Malilleen Malillensa	Maleilleen Maleillensa
essive		Malinaan Malinansa	Maleinaan Maleinansa
translative		Malikseen Maliksensa	Maleikseen Maleiksensa
abessive		Malittaan Malittansa	Maleittaan Maleittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	Maleineen Maleinensa

Statistics

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The given nameMali belongs to 13 female individuals (and as a middle name to 9 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
The surnameMali belongs to 116 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

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Ilma,Mila,ilma,lima

French

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FrenchWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^fr

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ma.li/
Audio: (file)
Audio(France (Paris)): (file)
Audio(France): (file)
Audio(France (Vosges)): (file)

Proper noun

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Mali m

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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malien

Descendants

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→ Persian:مالی(mâli)

Fula

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Alternative forms

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𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭

Etymology

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FromFrenchMali.

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

German

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GermanWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^de

Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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Mali n (proper noun,genitiveMalisor(optionally with an article)Mali)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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Hungarian

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Mali on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈmɒli]
Hyphenation:Ma‧li
Rhymes:-li

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa; official name:Mali Köztársaság)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Mali	—
accusative	Malit	—
dative	Malinak	—
instrumental	Malival	—
causal-final	Maliért	—
translative	Malivá	—
terminative	Maliig	—
essive-formal	Maliként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Maliban	—
superessive	Malin	—
adessive	Malinál	—
illative	Maliba	—
sublative	Malira	—
allative	Malihoz	—
elative	Maliból	—
delative	Maliról	—
ablative	Malitól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Malié	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Maliéi	—

Possessive forms ofMali
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Malim	—
2nd person sing.	Malid	—
3rd person sing.	Malija	—
1st person plural	Malink	—
2nd person plural	Malitok	—
3rd person plural	Malijuk	—

Derived terms

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mali(“Malian”)

Italian

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^it

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/
Rhymes:-ali
Hyphenation:Mà‧li

Proper noun

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Mali m

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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maliano

Anagrams

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almi,lima,mail,mila

Latvian

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Proper noun

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Mali f (indeclinable)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Medieval vernacular form ofMagdalene.

Proper noun

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Mali

a femalegiven name

Usage notes

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One of the most common female names in Norway in the 17th and 18th century. Today more common asMalin,Malene.

Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^no

Etymology

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Similar to EnglishMali.

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Related terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipediaⁿⁿ

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Related terms

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^pl

Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈma.li/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-ali
Syllabification:Ma‧li
Homophone:mali

Proper noun

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Mali n (indeclinable,related adjectivemalijski)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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nouns

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Máli

Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /maˈli/

(Portugal)IPA^(key): /maˈli/

Hyphenation:Ma‧li

Proper noun

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Mali m

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /mâːli/
Hyphenation:Ma‧li

Proper noun

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Mȃli m inan (Cyrillic spellingМа̑ли)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Declension

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Declension ofMali

	singular
nominative	Mȃli
genitive	Mȃlija
dative	Maliju
accusative	Mali
vocative	Mali
locative	Maliju
instrumental	Malijem

Slovene

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SloveneWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^sl

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /màːli/

Proper noun

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Máli m inan

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Declension

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Thediacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative	Máli
genitive	Málija
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Máli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Málija
dative (dajȃlnik)	Máliju
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Máli
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Máliju
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Málijem

Related terms

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References

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“Mali”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
“Mali”, inTermania, Amebis
See also thegeneral references

Spanish

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Proper noun

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Mali m

alternative form ofMalí

Swahili

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SwahiliWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^sw

Pronunciation

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Audio(Kenya): (file)

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^sv

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːlɪ/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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Mali n (genitiveMalis)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Liam,Lima,mail,mila

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishMali, ultimately fromMandinka orDyulamali(“hippopotamus”).

Pronunciation

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(Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /ˈmali/[ˈmaː.lɪ]
Rhymes:-ali
Syllabification:Ma‧li

Proper noun

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Mali (Baybayin spellingᜋᜎᜒ)

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Anagrams

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amil,lima,ilam,Lima

Turkish

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TurkishWikipedia has an article on:

Mali

Wikipedia^tr

Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Proper noun

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Mali

Mali (acountry inWest Africa)

Declension

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Declension ofMali
	singular
nominative	Mali
accusative	Mali'yi
dative	Mali'ye
locative	Mali'de
ablative	Mali'den
genitive	Mali'nin

Possessive forms ofMali
	singular	plural
benim(my)	Mali'm	Malilerim Mali'lerim
senin(your)	Mali'n	Malilerin Mali'lerin
onun(his/her/its)	Mali'si	Malileri Mali'leri
bizim(our)	Mali'miz	Malilerimiz Mali'lerimiz
sizin(your)	Mali'niz	Malileriniz Mali'leriniz
onların(their)	Mali'si Malileri Mali'leri	Malileri Mali'leri