माल
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːl/, [mäːl]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian مال (māl), from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Assamese মাল (mal), Bengali মাল (mal).
Noun
माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال) (uncountable)
- goods, stuff, things
- (slang, chiefly Delhi) money
- (slang, chiefly Delhi, offensive) an attractive woman
- (slang) drugs
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | माल māl |
माल māl |
| oblique | माल māl |
मालों mālõ |
| vocative | माल māl |
मालो mālo |
Related terms
- माली (mālī)
Etymology 2
Noun
माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | माल māl |
माल māl |
| oblique | माल māl |
मालों mālõ |
| vocative | माल māl |
मालो mālo |
Etymology 3
Noun
माल • (māl) f (Urdu spelling مال)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | माल māl |
मालें mālẽ |
| oblique | माल māl |
मालों mālõ |
| vocative | माल māl |
मालो mālo |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
माल m
- circular enclosure, round yard
Declension
Declension table of "माल" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | मालो (mālo) | माला (mālā) |
| Accusative (second) | मालं (mālaṃ) | माले (māle) |
| Instrumental (third) | मालेन (mālena) | मालेहि (mālehi) or मालेभि (mālebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | मालस्स (mālassa) or मालाय (mālāya) or मालत्थं (mālatthaṃ) | मालानं (mālānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | मालस्मा (mālasmā) or मालम्हा (mālamhā) or माला (mālā) | मालेहि (mālehi) or मालेभि (mālebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | मालस्स (mālassa) | मालानं (mālānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | मालस्मिं (mālasmiṃ) or मालम्हि (mālamhi) or माले (māle) | मालेसु (mālesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | माल (māla) | माला (mālā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মাল (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
- মাল (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- မာလ (Burmese script)
- માલ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾಲ (Kannada script)
- មាល (Khmer script)
- ມາລ (Lao script)
- മാല (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
- ମାଲ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
- මාල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
- மால (Tamil script)
- మాల (Telugu script)
- มาล (Thai script)
- མཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑː.lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɑː.l̪ɐ/
Etymology 1
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
माल • (māla) stem, n
Declension
| 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
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
माल • (māla) stem, m
- name of a district (lying west and southwest of Bengal)
- of one of the seven islands, of Antara-dvīpa
- of the son of a Śūdra and a Sūta
- (in the plural) name of a barbarous tribe or people
Declension
| 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
Of unclear origin. Perhaps related to मल (mala, “dirt, filth”), Lithuanian mólis (“loam, clay”).
Noun
माल • (māla) stem, n
- a field
Etymology 4
Noun
माल • (māla) stem, n
Etymology 5
See माला (mālā).
Noun
माल • (māla) stem, m
- (in some compounds) = माला (mālā, “a wreath, garland”)
References
- 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.