माल

See also: मल, मूल, माला, and माली

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑːl/, [mäːl]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مال (māl), from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Assamese মাল (mal), Bengali মাল (mal).

Noun

माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال) (uncountable)

1. goods, stuff, things
2. (slang, chiefly Delhi) money
3. (slang, chiefly Delhi, offensive) an attractive woman
4. (slang) drugs

Declension

Declension of माल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माल māl	माल māl
oblique	माल māl	मालों mālõ
vocative	माल māl	मालो mālo

Related terms

• माली (mālī)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मल्ल (malla).

Noun

माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال)

1. wrestler, fighter

Declension

Declension of माल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माल māl	माल māl
oblique	माल māl	मालों mālõ
vocative	माल māl	मालो mālo

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit माला (mālā).

Noun

माल • (māl) f (Urdu spelling مال)

1. wreath, garland

Declension

Declension of माल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माल māl	मालें mālẽ
oblique	माल māl	मालों mālõ
vocative	माल māl	मालो mālo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• māla (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• মাল (Bengali script)
• මාල (Sinhalese script)
• မာလ or မႃလ (Burmese script)
• มาล or มาละ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາລ or ມາລະ (Lao script)
• មាល (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

माल m

1. circular enclosure, round yard

Declension

Declension table of "माल" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मालो (mālo)	माला (mālā)
Accusative (second)	मालं (mālaṃ)	माले (māle)
Instrumental (third)	मालेन (mālena)	मालेहि (mālehi) or मालेभि (mālebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मालस्स (mālassa) or मालाय (mālāya) or मालत्थं (mālatthaṃ)	मालानं (mālānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मालस्मा (mālasmā) or मालम्हा (mālamhā) or माला (mālā)	मालेहि (mālehi) or मालेभि (mālebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मालस्स (mālassa)	मालानं (mālānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मालस्मिं (mālasmiṃ) or मालम्हि (mālamhi) or माले (māle)	मालेसु (mālesu)
Vocative (calling)	माल (māla)	माला (mālā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাল (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
• মাল (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• မာလ (Burmese script)
• માલ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾಲ (Kannada script)
• មាល (Khmer script)
• ມາລ (Lao script)
• മാല (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
• ମାଲ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
• මාල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
• மால (Tamil script)
• మాల (Telugu script)
• มาล (Thai script)
• མཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.l̪ɐ/

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Dravidian; in particular, comparisons to मलय (malaya, “name of a mountain range on the west of Malabar”) have been suggested, though this is semantically suspect.

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n

1. a forest or wood near a village

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of माल (māla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मालम् mālam	माले māle	मालानि / माला¹ mālāni / mālā¹
Vocative	माल māla	माले māle	मालानि / माला¹ mālāni / mālā¹
Accusative	मालम् mālam	माले māle	मालानि / माला¹ mālāni / mālā¹
Instrumental	मालेन mālena	मालाभ्याम् mālābhyām	मालैः / मालेभिः¹ mālaiḥ / mālebhiḥ¹
Dative	मालाय mālāya	मालाभ्याम् mālābhyām	मालेभ्यः mālebhyaḥ
Ablative	मालात् mālāt	मालाभ्याम् mālābhyām	मालेभ्यः mālebhyaḥ
Genitive	मालस्य mālasya	मालयोः mālayoḥ	मालानाम् mālānām
Locative	माले māle	मालयोः mālayoḥ	मालेषु māleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Likely borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil மாலர் (mālar, “the child of a Brahmin mother and a Sudra father”), Telugu మాల (māla​, “a pariah, an outcaste”), Kannada ಮಾಲ (māla​, “low, base, name of a barbarous tribe”).

Proper noun

माल • (māla) stem, m

1. name of a district (lying west and southwest of Bengal)
2. of one of the seven islands, of Antara-dvīpa
3. of the son of a Śūdra and a Sūta
4. (in the plural) name of a barbarous tribe or people

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of माल (māla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मालः mālaḥ	मालौ / माला¹ mālau / mālā¹	मालाः / मालासः¹ mālāḥ / mālāsaḥ¹
Vocative	माल māla	मालौ / माला¹ mālau / mālā¹	मालाः / मालासः¹ mālāḥ / mālāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मालम् mālam	मालौ / माला¹ mālau / mālā¹	मालान् mālān
Instrumental	मालेन mālena	मालाभ्याम् mālābhyām	मालैः / मालेभिः¹ mālaiḥ / mālebhiḥ¹
Dative	मालाय mālāya	मालाभ्याम् mālābhyām	मालेभ्यः mālebhyaḥ
Ablative	मालात् mālāt	मालाभ्याम् mālābhyām	मालेभ्यः mālebhyaḥ
Genitive	मालस्य mālasya	मालयोः mālayoḥ	मालानाम् mālānām
Locative	माले māle	मालयोः mālayoḥ	मालेषु māleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 3

Of unclear origin. Perhaps related to मल (mala, “dirt, filth”), Lithuanian mólis (“loam, clay”).

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n

1. a field

Etymology 4

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n

1. fraud, artifice

Etymology 5

See माला (mālā).

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, m

1. (in some compounds) = माला (mālā, “a wreath, garland”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “माल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 813/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 402
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 627-8
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4824, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.