ماله

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Khalaj

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Noun

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ماله (mâla, mâlə) (definite accusative ماله‌نی or ماله‌نؽ, plural ماله‌لَر or ماله‌لار)

  1. Arabic spelling of mâla, mâlə (ladle, trowel, spatula)

Declension

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Ottoman Turkish

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ماله

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian ماله (mâle, trowel, harrow).

Proper noun

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ماله (mala)

  1. trowel, a plasterer's tool used in spreading and dressing mortar
  2. (in general) any instrument for rubbing down and smoothing

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: mala
  • Armenian: մալա (mala), մա̈լա̈ (mälä)

Further reading

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian *mālag, whence also Arabic مَالَج (mālaj), مَالَق (mālaq, trowel) and مَيْلَق (maylaq, touchstone, whetstone); from the stem of مالیدن (mâlidan, to rub, to smooth, to polish).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? māla
Dari reading? māla
Iranian reading? mâle
Tajik reading? mola

Noun

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ماله (mâle)

  1. anything with which ground is smoothed; trowel; harrow

Descendants

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References

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  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ماله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ماله”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[6] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1123