мал

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑɫ/
• Hyphenation: мал (one syllable)

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мал • (mal)

1. livestock, cattle

   Һуғым мал.

   Huğım mal.

   Cattle for slaughter.

   Тамғалы мал юғалмай.

   Tamğalı mal yuğalmay.

   Branded cattle won't get lost.

   Былтыр йәй тимер юлында күп мал тапалған икән.

   Bıltır yəy timer yulında küp mal tapalğan ikən.

   (It appears that) Last year's summer, a lot of cattle got knocked down (to death or serious injury) at the railway.

   Тап шундай берәҙәк эттәр ваҡ мал һәм ҡош-ҡорт өсөн генә түгел, кеше өсөн дә хәүефле.

   Tap şunday berəźək ettər vaq mal həm qoş-qort ösön genə tügel, keşe ösön də xəwefle.

   It is stray dogs of this kind that are dangerous not only to small cattle and poultry, but also to humans.

2. property, possessions

• сеймал (seymal, “raw material”)

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

• IPA^(key): [maɫ]

мал • (mal) (adverb ма́ле or ма́ло) (rare, obsolescent)

1. small, little (of size, age)

   Мала Азия ― Mala Azija ― Asia Minor

   Мала Гора (in toponyms) ― Mala Gora ― small mountain

   Мала Река (in hydronyms) ― Mala Reka ― small river, brook

   мало и голямо ― malo i goljamo ― encompasing everyone (literally, “small and big”)

2. insignificant, minor (of status, eminence)

   мал болярин (historical) ― mal boljarin ― minor nobleman

   Мал Божич (regional) ― Mal Božič ― Boxing Day (literally, “Little Christmas”)

• мало- (malo-) (in compounds)
  • малобро́ен (malobróen, “of little quantity”)
  • малова́жен (malovážen, “of little importance”)
  • малове́рен (malovéren, “of little credibility”)
  • малоду́шен (malodúšen, “faint-hearted, of little spirit”)
  • малоимо́тен (maloimóten, “with little property”)
  • малокали́брен (malokalíbren, “of small caliber”)
  • малоле́тен (maloléten, “juvenile, under age”) (literally: “little-aged”)
  • маломе́рен (maloméren, “of small size, measure”)
  • маломо́щен (malomóšten, “of little power”)
  • малосна́жен (malosnážen, “having insignificant stature”)
  • малотра́ен (malotráen, “of little duration”)
  • малоу́мен (maloúmen, “with small brain”)
    • малоу́мник (maloúmnik, “retard”) (literally: “small-brainer”)
  • малоце́нен (malocénen, “of little value”)
  • малочи́слен (maločíslen, “of small number”)

• “мал¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “малъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 47
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мал¹ (прил.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 622
• “малъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

• IPA^(key): /mɑl/

мал • (mal)

1. livestock, cattle
2. property
3. capital
4. stock

• малшы (malşy)

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

мал • (mal)

1. livestock

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

мал • (mal) (Arabic spelling مال)

1. property
2. capital
3. shock

From Arabic مَال (māl) via a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani mal.

мал • (mal)

1. animals, livestock, cattle

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

• IPA^(key): [maɫ]

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мал • (mal) (comparative помал, superlative најмал, diminutive малецок or малечок, abstract noun малост)

1. little, small
2. short
3. trifling, petty
4. younger (of a sibling or cousin)

• малечок (malečok)
• малку (malku)

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property”) via a Turkic language.

• (Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /maɮ/, [maɮ]

мал • (mal) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠠᠯ (mal)); (regular declension)

1. livestock, cattle

• малчин (malčin, “herdsman”)
• маллах (mallax, “to herd”)

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

мал • (mal)

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• IPA^(key): [maɫ]
• Rhymes: -aɫ

мал • (mal)

1. short masculine singular of ма́лый (mályj)
2. short masculine singular of ма́ленький (málenʹkij)

мал • (mal)

1. too small; smaller than necessary

   Э́ти сапоги́ мне малы́.

   Éti sapogí mne malý.

   These boots are too small for me.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

• IPA^(key): /mâːl/

ма̑л (Latin spelling mȃl, definite ма̑лӣ, comparative ма̏њӣ)

1. small

• ма̀лен

• “мал”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

мал • (transliteration needed)

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From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

мал • (mal)

1. livestock, cattle
2. property

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мал”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

мал (mal)

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• IPA^(key): [mʌl(ə̥)]

мал • (mal°)

1. end

   Сидя еся мынгг малдиˮ халэв нялха.

   Syidya yesya mingg° maldyiq xalew° nyalxa.

   The ends of the two iron arrows were like seagull’s beaks.

Ultimately from Arabic مَال (māl, “property”), possibly through back-formation from малчын (malçın, “herder”), a Mongolic borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /maɫ/

мал • (mal) (definite accusative малды, plural малдар)

1. cattle, livestock

• малчын (malçın)
• малдаар (maldaar)

Borrowed from Arabic مَال (māl).

мал • (mal)

1. thing
2. belongings, property
3. (by extension) clothing

   Synonym: таҥас (tañas)

• бэйэ (beye, “body, substance”)
• һэк (hek, “substance”)