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माल

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːl/, [mäːl]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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माल (mālm (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
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Declension of माल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct माल
māl
माल
māl
oblique माल
māl
मालों
mālõ
vocative माल
māl
मालो
mālo
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Etymology 2

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From Sanskrit मल्ल (malla).

Noun

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माल (mālm (Urdu spelling مال)

  1. wrestler, fighter
Declension
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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

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From Sanskrit माला (mālā).

Noun

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माल (mālf (Urdu spelling مال)

  1. wreath, garland
Declension
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Declension of माल (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct माल
māl
मालें
mālẽ
oblique माल
māl
मालों
mālõ
vocative माल
māl
मालो
mālo

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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माल m

  1. circular enclosure, round yard

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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माल (māla) stemn

  1. a forest or wood near a village
Declension
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Neuter a-stem declension of माल
singular dual plural
nominative मालम् (mālam) माले (māle) मालानि (mālāni)
माला¹ (mālā¹)
accusative मालम् (mālam) माले (māle) मालानि (mālāni)
माला¹ (mālā¹)
instrumental मालेन (mālena) मालाभ्याम् (mālābhyām) मालैः (mālaiḥ)
मालेभिः¹ (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)
vocative माल (māla) माले (māle) मालानि (mālāni)
माला¹ (mālā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

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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

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माल (māla) stemm

  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
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Masculine a-stem declension of माल
singular dual plural
nominative मालः (mālaḥ) मालौ (mālau)
माला¹ (mālā¹)
मालाः (mālāḥ)
मालासः¹ (mālāsaḥ¹)
accusative मालम् (mālam) मालौ (mālau)
माला¹ (mālā¹)
मालान् (mālān)
instrumental मालेन (mālena) मालाभ्याम् (mālābhyām) मालैः (mālaiḥ)
मालेभिः¹ (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)
vocative माल (māla) मालौ (mālau)
माला¹ (mālā¹)
मालाः (mālāḥ)
मालासः¹ (mālāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3

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

Noun

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माल (māla) stemn

  1. a field

Etymology 4

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not listed in etymological dictionaries. Perhaps related to Etymology 2, via the "barbarous tribe" meaning, assuming the word isn't a spurious addition by lexicographers.”

Noun

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माल (māla) stemn

  1. fraud, artifice

Etymology 5

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See माला (mālā).

Noun

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माल (māla) stemm

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

References

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  • 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]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 627-8
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4824”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.