Malee
มะลิมาลี
Depends on the Thai spelling: มาลี (maalii), "flower", or มะลิ (mali), "jasmine"; both are usually written Malee or Mali in Latin script.
Meaning and origin
Malee stands for two different Thai words that happen to share a Latin spelling: มาลี, an elevated word for a flower drawn from Sanskrit mālin, and มะลิ, jasmine, from Sanskrit mallikā, the same root behind Malay melati…
How to pronounce Malee
| Thai (Thailand) | mah-LEE /maː.liː/ |
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