มาลา

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Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

มาลา f

  1. Thai script form of mālā (“garland”)
    • c. 1999, ยอดพระกัณฑ์ไตรปิฎก พระคาถาชินบัญชร พระคาถาอาการะวัตตาสูตร [Description: Book of Buddhist chants for Thais] (overall work in Thai), Bangkok: Liang Siang Chong Charoen Print Shop, page 5:
      นัจจะคีตะวาทิตะวิสูกะทัสสะนา มาลาคันธะ วิเล
      ปะนะธาระณะมัณฑะนะวิภูสะนัฏฐานา เวระมะณี
      สิกขาปะทัง สะมาทิยามิ
      naccagītavāditavisūkadassanā mālāgandha vilepanadhāraṇamaṇḍanavibhūsanaṭṭhāna veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi
      I undertake the training rule of abstention from dancing, singing, music, and visiting shows and from the practice of wearing garlands, using perfumes, and applying ointment.

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Thai

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali mālā (flower; garland; series; etc) or Sanskrit माला (mālā, garland; necklace; row; crown; etc). Cognate with Old Khmer mālā, malā (wreath, garland; slavename); Modern Khmer មាលា (miəliə); Burmese မာလာ (mala); Lao ມາລາ (mā lā); Northern Thai ᨾᩣᩃᩣ.

Pronunciation

Orthographicมาลา
m ā l ā
Phonemic
มา-ลา
m ā – l ā
RomanizationPaiboonmaa-laa
Royal Institutema-la
(standard) IPA(key)/maː˧.laː˧/(R)

Noun

มาลา (maa-laa)

  1. (literary, poetic) flower.
  2. (formal) (พวง~) wreath; garland; festoon.
  3. (literary, poetic) necklace.
  4. (literary, poetic) line; row; thread; series.
  5. (royal) (พระ~) headgear.

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