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Hindi
Etymology
Derived from Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to stack, to fill”). Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “thick cream”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.lɑː.iː/,
Noun
मलाई • (malāī) f (Urdu spelling ملائی)
- malai, cream (cooking ingredient made from milk)
Declension
Declension of मलाई (fem ind ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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मलाई
malāī
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मलाइयाँ
malāiyā̃
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| oblique
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मलाई
malāī
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मलाइयों
malāiyõ
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| vocative
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मलाई
malāī
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मलाइयो
malāiyo
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Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मलाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-60
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali
Pronunciation
Pronoun
मलाई • (malāī)
- dative of म (ma)