As a deity name
Name 185 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
बली · adj
बलवान् । बलवाला । पराक्रमी — Śabdasāgara
बली
. सांड़ । वृषभ · महिष · ऊँट — Śabdasāgara
बली · masculine
Mahabali
बली
strong, powerful, mighty, robust, stout
Platts (p. 125) also records: A kind of earring (passing through the centre of the ear
Cited formation "बली" is बल + -ई: बल means "strength, force", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "बली" is बलना + -ई: बलना means "To twist, turn ( = bal denā)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi बलिन् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit बलिन् (balin). By surface analysis, बल (bal) + -ई (-ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
balin mfn. powerful, strong, mighty, stout, robust, RV. &c. &c.
balin m. a soldier, Inscr. (cf. balastha)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a hog bull, buffalo, camel, kind of sheep, serpent, Phaseolus Radiatus, a sort of jasmine, the phlegmatic humour, N. of a Bala-rāma
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M1 · same meaning "balī" is the nominative of "balin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "balī" is the nominative dual of "bali" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
balin mfn. powerful, strong, mighty, stout, robust, RV. &c. &c.
balin m. a soldier, Inscr. (cf. balastha)
bali m. (perhaps fr. √ bhṛ) tribute, offering, gift, oblation (in later language always with √ hṛ), RV. &c. &c.
tax, impost, royal revenue, Br.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
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