मलाई
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See also: मलई
Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to stack, to fill”). Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “thick cream”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
मलाई • (malāī) f (Urdu spelling ملائی)
- malai, cream (cooking ingredient made from milk)
Declension[edit]
Declension of मलाई (fem ind ī-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मलाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-60
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
मलाई • (malāī)