माल

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See also: मल, मूल, माला, and माली

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːl/,

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)

  1. goods, stuff, things
  2. (slang, chiefly Delhi) money
  3. (slang, chiefly Delhi, offensive) an attractive woman
  4. (slang) drugs
Declension
Declension of माल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct माल
māl 		माल
māl
oblique माल
māl 		मालों
mālõ
vocative माल
māl 		मालो
mālo
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मल्ल (malla).

Noun

माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال)

  1. wrestler, fighter
Declension
Declension of माल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct माल
māl 		माल
māl
oblique माल
māl 		मालों
mālõ
vocative माल
māl 		मालो
mālo

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit माला (mālā).

Noun

माल • (māl) f (Urdu spelling مال)

  1. wreath, garland
Declension
Declension of माल (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct माल
māl 		मालें
mālẽ
oblique माल
māl 		मालों
mālõ
vocative माल
māl 		मालो
mālo

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

माल m

  1. circular enclosure, round yard

Declension

Declension table of "माल" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
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

Pronunciation

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

  1. a forest or wood near a village
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of माल (māla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मालम्
mālam 		माले
māle 		मालानि / माला¹
mālāni / mālā¹
Vocative माल
māla 		माले
māle 		मालानि / माला¹
mālāni / mālā¹
Accusative मालम्
mālam 		माले
māle 		मालानि / माला¹
mālāni / mālā¹
Instrumental मालेन
mālena 		मालाभ्याम्
mālābhyām 		मालैः / मालेभिः¹
mālaiḥ / 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
Notes
  • 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

  1. name of a district (lying west and southwest of Bengal)
  2. of one of the seven islands, of Antara-dvīpa
  3. of the son of a Śūdra and a Sūta
  4. (in the plural) name of a barbarous tribe or people
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of माल (māla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मालः
mālaḥ 		मालौ / माला¹
mālau / mālā¹ 		मालाः / मालासः¹
mālāḥ / mālāsaḥ¹
Vocative माल
māla 		मालौ / माला¹
mālau / mālā¹ 		मालाः / मालासः¹
mālāḥ / mālāsaḥ¹
Accusative मालम्
mālam 		मालौ / माला¹
mālau / mālā¹ 		मालान्
mālān
Instrumental मालेन
mālena 		मालाभ्याम्
mālābhyām 		मालैः / मालेभिः¹
mālaiḥ / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3

Of unclear origin. Perhaps related to मल (mala, “dirt, filth”), Lithuanian mólis (“loam, clay”).

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n

  1. a field

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not listed in etymological dictionaries. Perhaps related to Etymology 2, via the "barbarous tribe" meaning, assuming the word isn't a spurious addition by lexicographers.”

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n

  1. fraud, artifice

Etymology 5

See माला (mālā).

Noun

माल • (māla) stem, m

  1. (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]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 402
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 627-8
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 4824, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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