ملاح

From Aramaic מַלָּחָא (mallāḥā) / ܡܰܠܴܚܳܐ (mallāḥā, “shipman, sailor”), from Akkadian 𒈣𒁻 (malāḫum, “shipman, sailor”), from Sumerian 𒈣𒁻 (ma₂-laḫ₄ /⁠malaḫ⁠/, “shipman, sailor”), reinterpreted in Semitic as an occupational noun from the root م ل ح (m l ḥ).

مَلَّاح • (mallāḥ) m (plural مَلَّاحُون (mallāḥūn), feminine مَلَّاحَة (mallāḥa))

1. mariner, shipman, sailor, helmsman

• مِلَاحَة (milāḥa, “art of navigation”)
• مَلَّاحِيَّة (mallāḥiyya, “boatwright’s art, shipbuilding, سِفَانَة (sifāna)”)
• مِلَاح (milāḥ, “wind blowing the sails propelling the ship”)

• → Bengali: মাল্লা (malla)
• → Persian: ملاح
• → Punjabi: ਮਲਾਹ (malāh)
• → Tajik: маллоҳ (malloh)
• → Urdu: ملاح

مُلَّاح • (mullāḥ) m

1. (regional) seepweed (Suaeda spp.)

   Synonyms: قُلَّام (qullām), سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ), قَاقُلَّة (qāqulla)

مُلَّاح or مُلَاح • (mullāḥ or mulāḥ) m

1. (Sudan) thickened basic stew

مِلَاح • (milāḥ) pl or f pl

1. plural of مِلْح (milḥ)

مِلَاح • (milāḥ) m pl

1. masculine plural of مَلِيح (malīḥ)

• Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, pages 172–173, 412
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 221
• Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 37
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 678

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

ملاح • (mallâh)

1. sailor

Borrowed from Arabic مَلَّاح (mallāḥ).

ملاح • (mallāh) m (Hindi spelling मल्लाह)

1. sailor
2. boatman

• ملاحن (mallāhin)