mass noun
- an Indic language, closely related to Sanskrit, in which the sacred texts of southern Buddhism are written. Pali developed in northern India in the 5th-2nd centuries BC.巴利语（一种印度语支的语言, 与梵文关系密切, 用于书写南方佛教的经文; 巴利语在公元前5世纪至公元前2世纪形成于印度北部）。
- of or relating to this language（与）巴利语（有关）的。
词源
from Pali pāli（-bhāsā） 'canonical texts'.