মালে

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle), which is from މާ (, big) + ލޭ (, blood) (cognate with মহা (moha, great) and লহু (lohu, blood) respectively).

Proper noun

মালে • (male) (objective মালে (male) or মালেকে (maleke), genitive মালের (maler), locative মালেতে (malete))

  1. Malé (the capital city of the Maldives)
  2. Malé (an atoll in the Maldives)