мал

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Bashkir

Мал

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑɫ/
  • Hyphenation: мал (one syllable)
  • Мал:(file)

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock, cattle
    Һуғым мал.
    Huğım mal.
    Cattle for slaughter.
    Тамғалы мал юғалмай.
    Tamğalı mal yuğalmay.
    Branded cattle won't get lost.
    Былтыр йәй тимер юлында күп мал тапалған икән.
    Bıltır yəy timer yulında küp mal tapalğan ikən.
    (It appears that) Last year's summer, a lot of cattle got knocked down (to death or serious injury) at the railway.
    Тап шундай берәҙәк эттәр ваҡ мал һәм ҡош-ҡорт өсөн генә түгел, кеше өсөн дә хәүефле.
    Tap şunday berəźək ettər vaq mal həm qoş-qort ösön genə tügel, keşe ösön də xəwefle.
    It is stray dogs of this kind that are dangerous not only to small cattle and poultry, but also to humans.
  2. property, possessions

Declension

Derived terms

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

мал (mal) (adverb ма́ле or ма́ло) (rare, obsolescent)

  1. small, little (of size, age)
    Мала АзияMala AzijaAsia Minor
    Мала Гора (in toponyms)Mala Gorasmall mountain
    Мала Река (in hydronyms)Mala Rekasmall river, brook
    мало и голямоmalo i goljamoencompasing everyone (literally, “small and big”)
  2. insignificant, minor (of status, eminence)
    мал болярин (historical)mal boljarinminor nobleman
    Мал Божич (regional)Mal BožičBoxing Day (literally, “Little Christmas”)

Declension

Derived terms

verbs
nouns
proper nouns
adjectives

References

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic مال
Cyrillic мал
Latin mal

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal) (nominative plural малдар)

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property
  3. capital
  4. stock

Declension

Derived terms

Khakas

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal) (Arabic spelling مال)

  1. property
  2. capital
  3. shock

Lezgi

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl) via a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani mal.

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. animals, livestock, cattle

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

мал (mal) (comparative помал, superlative најмал, diminutive малецок or малечок, abstract noun малост)

  1. little, small
  2. short
  3. trifling, petty
  4. younger (of a sibling or cousin)

Declension

Mongolian

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property) via a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠠᠯ (mal)); (regular declension)

  1. livestock, cattle

Derived terms

Nogai

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

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Russian

Pronunciation

Adjective

мал (mal)

  1. short masculine singular of ма́лый (mályj)
  2. short masculine singular of ма́ленький (málenʹkij)

Adjective

мал (mal)

  1. too small; smaller than necessary
    Э́ти сапоги́ мне малы́.
    Éti sapogí mne malý.
    These boots are too small for me.

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ма̑л (Latin spelling mȃl, definite ма̑лӣ, comparative ма̏њӣ)

  1. small

Declension

Further reading

  • мал”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Shor

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (transliteration needed)

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Southern Altai

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. livestock, cattle
  2. property

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мал”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Tofa

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, property, capital, stock).

Noun

мал (mal)

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Tuvan

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَال (māl, property), possibly through back-formation from малчын (malçın, herder), a Mongolic borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

мал (mal) (definite accusative малды, plural малдар)

  1. cattle, livestock

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَال (māl).

Noun

мал (mal)

  1. thing
  2. belongings, property
  3. (by extension) clothing
    Synonym: таҥас (tañas)

See also