مل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م ل ل (m l l)
6 terms

Verb

مَلَّ • (malla) I (first-person singular past مَلِلْتُ (maliltu), non-past يَمَلُّ (yamallu), verbal noun مَلّ (mall))

1. to sew with large stitches
2. to give to the fire; to throw into the ashes
3. to be tedious for somebody, to appear as a source of vexation to, to tire, to weary

Conjugation

Conjugation of مَلَّ (I, geminate, i ~ a, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun مَلّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَلّ mall
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مَلّ, مَلُول mall, malūl
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَمْلُول mamlūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَلِلْتُ maliltu	مَلِلْتَ malilta	مَلَّ malla		مَلِلْتُمَا maliltumā	مَلَّا mallā		مَلِلْنَا malilnā	مَلِلْتُمْ maliltum	مَلُّوا mallū
	f		مَلِلْتِ malilti	مَلَّتْ mallat			مَلَّتَا mallatā			مَلِلْتُنَّ maliltunna	مَلِلْنَ malilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمَلُّ ʔamallu	تَمَلُّ tamallu	يَمَلُّ yamallu		تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	يَمَلَّانِ yamallāni		نَمَلُّ namallu	تَمَلُّونَ tamallūna	يَمَلُّونَ yamallūna
	f		تَمَلِّينَ tamallīna	تَمَلُّ tamallu			تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni			تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمَلَّ ʔamalla	تَمَلَّ tamalla	يَمَلَّ yamalla		تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā		نَمَلَّ namalla	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
	f		تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ tamalla			تَمَلَّا tamallā			تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمَلَّ, أَمَلِّ, أَمْلَلْ ʔamalla, ʔamalli, ʔamlal	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal	يَمَلَّ, يَمَلِّ, يَمْلَلْ yamalla, yamalli, yamlal		تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā		نَمَلَّ, نَمَلِّ, نَمْلَلْ namalla, namalli, namlal	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
	f		تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal			تَمَلَّا tamallā			تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَلَّ, مَلِّ, اِمْلَلْ malla, malli, imlal			مَلَّا mallā				مَلُّوا mallū
	f		مَلِّي mallī							اِمْلَلْنَ imlalna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	مُلَّ mulla		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُمَلُّ yumallu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُمَلَّ yumalla		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُمَلَّ, يُمَلِّ, يُمْلَلْ yumalla, yumalli, yumlal		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Verb

مَلَّ • (malla) I (first-person singular past مَلِلْتُ (maliltu), non-past يَمَلُّ (yamallu), verbal noun مَلَل (malal) or مَلَال (malāl) or مَلَالَة (malāla))

1. (transitive) to be bored by
2. (obsolete) to be affected by heat, to be feverish

Conjugation

Conjugation of مَلَّ (I, geminate, i ~ a, full passive, verbal nouns مَلَل, مَلَال, مَلَالَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَلَل, مَلَال, مَلَالَة malal, malāl, malāla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						? ?
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَمْلُول mamlūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَلِلْتُ maliltu	مَلِلْتَ malilta	مَلَّ malla		مَلِلْتُمَا maliltumā	مَلَّا mallā		مَلِلْنَا malilnā	مَلِلْتُمْ maliltum	مَلُّوا mallū
	f		مَلِلْتِ malilti	مَلَّتْ mallat			مَلَّتَا mallatā			مَلِلْتُنَّ maliltunna	مَلِلْنَ malilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمَلُّ ʔamallu	تَمَلُّ tamallu	يَمَلُّ yamallu		تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	يَمَلَّانِ yamallāni		نَمَلُّ namallu	تَمَلُّونَ tamallūna	يَمَلُّونَ yamallūna
	f		تَمَلِّينَ tamallīna	تَمَلُّ tamallu			تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni			تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمَلَّ ʔamalla	تَمَلَّ tamalla	يَمَلَّ yamalla		تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā		نَمَلَّ namalla	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
	f		تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ tamalla			تَمَلَّا tamallā			تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمَلَّ, أَمَلِّ, أَمْلَلْ ʔamalla, ʔamalli, ʔamlal	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal	يَمَلَّ, يَمَلِّ, يَمْلَلْ yamalla, yamalli, yamlal		تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā		نَمَلَّ, نَمَلِّ, نَمْلَلْ namalla, namalli, namlal	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
	f		تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal			تَمَلَّا tamallā			تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَلَّ, مَلِّ, اِمْلَلْ malla, malli, imlal			مَلَّا mallā				مَلُّوا mallū
	f		مَلِّي mallī							اِمْلَلْنَ imlalna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُلِلْتُ muliltu	مُلِلْتَ mulilta	مُلَّ mulla		مُلِلْتُمَا muliltumā	مُلَّا mullā		مُلِلْنَا mulilnā	مُلِلْتُمْ muliltum	مُلُّوا mullū
	f		مُلِلْتِ mulilti	مُلَّتْ mullat			مُلَّتَا mullatā			مُلِلْتُنَّ muliltunna	مُلِلْنَ mulilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَلُّ ʔumallu	تُمَلُّ tumallu	يُمَلُّ yumallu		تُمَلَّانِ tumallāni	يُمَلَّانِ yumallāni		نُمَلُّ numallu	تُمَلُّونَ tumallūna	يُمَلُّونَ yumallūna
	f		تُمَلِّينَ tumallīna	تُمَلُّ tumallu			تُمَلَّانِ tumallāni			تُمْلَلْنَ tumlalna	يُمْلَلْنَ yumlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَلَّ ʔumalla	تُمَلَّ tumalla	يُمَلَّ yumalla		تُمَلَّا tumallā	يُمَلَّا yumallā		نُمَلَّ numalla	تُمَلُّوا tumallū	يُمَلُّوا yumallū
	f		تُمَلِّي tumallī	تُمَلَّ tumalla			تُمَلَّا tumallā			تُمْلَلْنَ tumlalna	يُمْلَلْنَ yumlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَلَّ, أُمَلِّ, أُمْلَلْ ʔumalla, ʔumalli, ʔumlal	تُمَلَّ, تُمَلِّ, تُمْلَلْ tumalla, tumalli, tumlal	يُمَلَّ, يُمَلِّ, يُمْلَلْ yumalla, yumalli, yumlal		تُمَلَّا tumallā	يُمَلَّا yumallā		نُمَلَّ, نُمَلِّ, نُمْلَلْ numalla, numalli, numlal	تُمَلُّوا tumallū	يُمَلُّوا yumallū
	f		تُمَلِّي tumallī	تُمَلَّ, تُمَلِّ, تُمْلَلْ tumalla, tumalli, tumlal			تُمَلَّا tumallā			تُمْلَلْنَ tumlalna	يُمْلَلْنَ yumlalna

Noun

مَلّ • (mall) m

1. verbal noun of مَلَّ (malla) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun مَلّ (mall)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلّ mall	الْمَلّ al-mall	مَلّ mall
nominative	مَلٌّ mallun	الْمَلُّ al-mallu	مَلُّ mallu
accusative	مَلًّا mallan	الْمَلَّ al-malla	مَلَّ malla
genitive	مَلٍّ mallin	الْمَلِّ al-malli	مَلِّ malli

Etymology 2

From Tamil மூலை (mūlai, “corner, angle; point of compass”) or from Malayalam മൂല (mūla, “corner, angle; point of compass”).

Noun

مُل • (mul) m

2. (nautical) coastline

   Coordinate terms: بَحْر (baḥr), بَرّ (barr)

Declension

Declension of noun مُل (mul)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُل mul	الْمُل al-mul	مُل mul
nominative	مُلٌ mulun	الْمُلُ al-mulu	مُلُ mulu
accusative	مُلًا mulan	الْمُلَ al-mula	مُلَ mula
genitive	مُلٍ mulin	الْمُلِ al-muli	مُلِ muli

Alternative forms

• مُول (mūl) — later, more dialectal

Derived terms

• مُلِيّ (muliyy, relational adjective)

Further reading

• Ferrand, Gabriel (1924), “L’élément persan dans les textes nautiques arabes des XV^o et XVI^o siècles”, in Journal asiatique‎^[1] (in French), volume 204, pages 222–230

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

مِلْ • (mil) (form I) /mil/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of مَالَ (māla)

References

• “مل” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1837), “مل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 202
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “مل”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1140–1141
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 1050
• Wahrmund, Adolf (1887), “مل”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 890
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “مل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1077
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1217

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mr̥ju-. Compare Persian مل (mol) and Talysh مل (məl), مله (məlla, “neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məl/

Noun

مل (mil)

1. neck

   Synonyms: گەردن (gerdin), ئەستۆ (esto)

Derived terms

• ملوان (milwan)
• ملوانکە (milwanke)
• ملپێچ (milpêç)

Laki

Noun

مل (mil)

1. neck

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal/

Noun

مل • (mal) m (plural مله (mlë))

1. companion
2. comrade
3. friend

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (mwδ /⁠muδ⁠/) or less likely from Bactrian μολο (molo, “wine”), both from Proto-Iranian *mádu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Doublet of می (mey).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mul̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mol̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mul]

Readings
Classical reading?	mul
Dari reading?	mul
Iranian reading?	mol
Tajik reading?	mul

Noun

مل • (mol)

1. (literary, archaic) wine

   Synonyms: شراب (šarâb), (literary) می (mey)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *mr̥ju-. Cognate with Talysh مل (məl), مله (məlla, “neck”), Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎 (mər^əzu, “neck, vertebra”). Central Kurdish مل (mil, “neck”) is loaned from Persian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mol/

Noun

مل • (mol)

1. (dialectal, Yazd, Kazerun) neck

   Synonym: گردن (gardan)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (mulla) (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (mulla)), from Sanskrit मूल्य (mūlya). Cognate with Urdu مول (mol), Nepali मुल्य (mulya), Konkani मोल (mōl), Assamese মূল্য (muillo), Bengali মূল্য (mullo) and Sinhalese මිල (mila).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mʊlːə̆/

Noun

مُلّ • (mull) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁੱਲ)

1. price; worth

   Synonym: قِیمَت (qīmat)

Declension

Declension of مل

	singular	plural
direct	مُلّ (mull)	مُلّ (mull)
oblique	مُلّ (mull)	مُلّاں (mullāṉ)
vocative	مُلّا (mullā)	مُلّو (mullo)
ablative	مُلّوں (mulloṉ)	—
locative	مُلّے (mulle)	مُلِّیں (mulliīṉ)
instrumental	مُلّوں (mulloṉ)	–

References

• “مل”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مُل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ل ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَلَّ (malla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mall/, [mal]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

ملّ • (mall) I (present بملّ (bimill))

1. to get bored, to get tired of
2. to become fed up with, to become sick of

Conjugation

Conjugation of مل

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	ملّيت (mallēt)	ملّيت (mallēt)	ملّ (mall)		ملّينا (mallēna)	ملّيتو (mallētu)	ملّو (mallu)
	f		ملّيتي (mallēti)	ملّت (mallat)
present	m	بملّ (bamill)	بتملّ (bitmill)	بملّ (bimill)		منملّ (minmill)	بتملّو (bitmillu)	بملّو (bimillu)
	f		بتملّي (bitmilli)	بتملّ (bitmill)
subjunctive	m	املّ (amill)	تملّ (tmill)	يملّ (ymill)		نملّ (nmill)	تملّو (tmillu)	يملّو (ymillu)
	f		تملّي (tmilli)	تملّ (tmill)
imperative	m		ملّ (mill)				ملّو (millu)
	f		ملّي (milli)

See also

• مملّ (mumill, “boring”)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

مل (mol)

1. (Anatomy, Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) neck

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit मल (mala), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Noun

مَل (mal)

1. dirt

Derived terms

• مَلگَن (malgan, “dirty”)