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маль

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Bulgarian

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чукало маль

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin malleus (mallet), whence also Romanian mai, Albanian maj, Serbo-Croatian ма̑љ.

Noun

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маль (malʹm (dialectal)

  1. maul, mallet
    Synonyms: кия́к (kiják), (Turkish borrowing) токма́к (tokmák)

Declension

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Alternative forms

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  • мал (mal)standardized spelling

Derived terms

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  • млат (mlat, thresher, mallet) (native cognate)

References

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  • мал² (същ.)”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “маль”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 631