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English
Etymology
maze + -al
Adjective
mazal (not comparable)
- Relating to a maze.
Derived terms
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Czech
Pronunciation
Participle
mazal
- masculine singular past active participle of mazat
Kabyle
Etymology
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Adverb
mazal
- still
Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew מַזָּל (mazál), likely from Akkadian 𒌓𒁕 (manzaltum).
Noun
mazal m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מזל)
- the star under which one is born
- destiny, fate
- luck, chance
Further reading
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “maźal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “mazál”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 352
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “mazal”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 244