Pa·li /ˈpɑli/
  巴利語
  Pa·li n.  A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.
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  Pa·lus n.; pl. Pali   Zool. One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.
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  Pali
       n : an ancient Prakrit language (derived from Sanskrit) that is
           the scriptural and liturgical language of Theravada
           Buddhism