What is "yali"

n. A type of house, particularly found on the Bosporus.

Yali (; also known as Vyala or Vidala in Sanskrit) is a mythical creature seen in many Hindu temples, often sculpted onto the pillars. It may be portrayed as part lion, part elephant and part horse, and in similar shapes. Also, it has been sometimes described as a leogryph (part lion and part griffin), with some bird-like features.

Yali is a motif in Indian art and it has been widely used in south Indian sculpture. Descriptions of and references to yalis are very old, but they became prominent in south Indian sculpture in the 16th century. Yalis are believed to be more powerful than the lion/Tiger or the elephant.

Yali may refer to:

• Cyclone Yali, a cyclone that occurred during the 1998 South Pacific cyclone season
• Yalı (residence), a water's edge house or mansion in Turkey
• Yali (mythology), a Hindu mythical creature with the body of a lion and some elephant features
• Yali (volcano), a Greek volcanic island
• Yali, Antioquia, a municipality in Colombia
• Yali people, a tribe of Western New Guinea
• Yali language, a language spoken by the Yali people
• Yali School, in China
• El Yali, a Ramsar site in Chile
• Yali (politician), a New Guinean religious leader, politician and cargo cult leader.
• YALI (Linux) (Yet Another Linux Installer), an installer that is being used while installing some Linux distributions like Pardus
• Yali Falls Dam

'''Yali ''' (1912 – 26 September 1975) was a Papua New Guinean coastwatcher, local government councillor, police officer, political activist, prisoner and soldier. Yali was born near Sor village in the Madang District in then- German New Guinea and died in the same place, by the end of his life in the independent country of Papua New Guinea.