मलन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মলন (Assamese script)
ᬫᬮᬦ (Balinese script)
মলন (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰩𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀮𑀦 (Brahmi script)
မလန (Burmese script)
મલન (Gujarati script)
ਮਲਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌲𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦭꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂪𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಮಲನ (Kannada script)
មលន (Khmer script)
ມລນ (Lao script)
മലന (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘩𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧉𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐮𑐣 (Newa script)
ମଲନ (Odia script)
ꢪꢭꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆬𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖩𑖡 (Siddham script)
මලන (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩽𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚥𑚝 (Takri script)
மலந (Tamil script)
మలన (Telugu script)
มลน (Thai script)
མ་ལ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒪𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨬𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.l̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Etymology 1

Generally related to मल् (mal, “to have, hold”), and perhaps derived from a Prakritic formation of the root मृद् (mṛd).

Noun

मलन • (malana) stem, n

crushing, grinding

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मलन (malana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मलनम् malanam	मलने malane	मलनानि / मलना¹ malanāni / malanā¹
Vocative	मलन malana	मलने malane	मलनानि / मलना¹ malanāni / malanā¹
Accusative	मलनम् malanam	मलने malane	मलनानि / मलना¹ malanāni / malanā¹
Instrumental	मलनेन malanena	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनैः / मलनेभिः¹ malanaiḥ / malanebhiḥ¹
Dative	मलनाय malanāya	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Ablative	मलनात् malanāt	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Genitive	मलनस्य malanasya	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनानाम् malanānām
Locative	मलने malane	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनेषु malaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not attested in etymological dictionaries, and listed only by "lexicographers" in Monier-Williams. Lexicographer definitions in Monier-Williams tend to be apocryphal, so this particular definition may be clerical error and not a real usage.”

Noun

मलन • (malana) stem, m

a tent

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मलन (malana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मलनः malanaḥ	मलनौ / मलना¹ malanau / malanā¹	मलनाः / मलनासः¹ malanāḥ / malanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मलन malana	मलनौ / मलना¹ malanau / malanā¹	मलनाः / मलनासः¹ malanāḥ / malanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मलनम् malanam	मलनौ / मलना¹ malanau / malanā¹	मलनान् malanān
Instrumental	मलनेन malanena	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनैः / मलनेभिः¹ malanaiḥ / malanebhiḥ¹
Dative	मलनाय malanāya	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Ablative	मलनात् malanāt	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Genitive	मलनस्य malanasya	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनानाम् malanānām
Locative	मलने malane	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनेषु malaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मलन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 792/2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 391

मलन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

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