ماله

Persian

Alternative forms

• مالچ‎ (mâleč), مالش‎ (mâleš)

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /mɑːla/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /mɒːla/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mɒːle/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /mɔːla/

Noun

ماله • (mâle)

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

References

• 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 (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1123