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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মল্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মল্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မလ် (Burmese script)
- મલ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಲ್ (Kannada script)
- មល៑ (Khmer script)
- ມລ຺ (Lao script)
- മല് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଲ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මල් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
- மல் (Tamil script)
- మల్ (Telugu script)
- มลฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Generally related to मलन (malana, “crushing, grinding”), though the semantic gap between "grinding" > "obtaining" > "having" is non-trivial.
Pronunciation
Root
मल् • (mal)
- to hold, possess
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 792/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 391; 392