मल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মল্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • মল্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • မလ် (Burmese script)
  • મલ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಲ್ (Kannada script)
  • មល៑ (Khmer script)
  • ມລ຺ (Lao script)
  • മല് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ମଲ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • මල් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
  • மல் (Tamil script)
  • మల్ (Telugu script)
  • มลฺ (Thai script)
  • མ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Generally related to मलन (malana, “crushing, grinding”), though the semantic gap between "grinding" > "obtaining" > "having" is non-trivial.

Pronunciation

Root

मल् • (mal)

  1. to hold, possess

Derived terms
  • मलते (malate)
  • मलयति (malayati)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 792/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 391; 392
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