मलाई

See also: मलई

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to stack, to fill”). Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “thick cream”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.lɑː.iː/, [mɐ.läː.iː]

Noun

मलाई • (malāī) f (Urdu spelling ملائی)

  1. malai, cream (cooking ingredient made from milk)

Declension
Declension of मलाई (fem ind ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मलाई
malāī		 मलाइयाँ
malāiyā̃
oblique मलाई
malāī		 मलाइयों
malāiyõ
vocative मलाई
malāī		 मलाइयो
malāiyo

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Burmese: မလိုင် (ma.luing)
  • → English: malai

See also

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मलाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-60
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʌläi̯]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: मलाइ

Pronoun

मलाई • (malāī)

  1. dative of म (ma)
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