مالا

From ما (mā) +‎ ل (l-) +‎ ـها (-ha). Compare Egyptian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and South Levantine Arabic مال (māl, “what's up”).

مالا • (māla)

1. why?
   • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎^[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, 1 كُرُنْتُس [1 Corinthians] 15:30:

     وَ أَنِحْنَ كَمَانْ، مَالَا قَاعِدِينْ فِي الْخُطُورَةْ أَيِّ وَكِتْ؟

     wa ʔanīna kamān, māla gāʔidīn fi l-ḵutūra ʔayyi wakit?

     And we too, why are we in danger every time?

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 95
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 813

Borrowed from Sanskrit माला (mālā).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.lɑː/

مالا • (mālā) f (Hindi spelling माला)

1. garland
2. necklace