मलन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মলন (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬮᬦ (Balinese script)
• মলন (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰩𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀮𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• မလန (Burmese script)
• મલન (Gujarati script)
• ਮਲਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌲𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦭꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂪𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಲನ (Kannada script)
• មលន (Khmer script)
• ມລນ (Lao script)
• മലന (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘩𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠯᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧉𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐮𑐣 (Newa script)
• ମଲନ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢭꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆬𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖩𑖡 (Siddham script)
• මලන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩽𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚥𑚝 (Takri script)
• மலந (Tamil script)
• మలన (Telugu script)
• มลน (Thai script)
• མ་ལ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒪𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨬𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.l̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Etymology 1

Generally related to मल् (mal, “to have, hold”), and perhaps derived from a Prakritic formation of the root मृद् (mṛd).

Noun

मलन • (malana) stem, n

1. crushing, grinding

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मलन (malana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मलनम् malanam	मलने malane	मलनानि / मलना¹ malanāni / malanā¹
Vocative	मलन malana	मलने malane	मलनानि / मलना¹ malanāni / malanā¹
Accusative	मलनम् malanam	मलने malane	मलनानि / मलना¹ malanāni / malanā¹
Instrumental	मलनेन malanena	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनैः / मलनेभिः¹ malanaiḥ / malanebhiḥ¹
Dative	मलनाय malanāya	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Ablative	मलनात् malanāt	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Genitive	मलनस्य malanasya	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनानाम् malanānām
Locative	मलने malane	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनेषु malaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Noun

मलन • (malana) stem, m

1. a tent

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मलन (malana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मलनः malanaḥ	मलनौ / मलना¹ malanau / malanā¹	मलनाः / मलनासः¹ malanāḥ / malanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मलन malana	मलनौ / मलना¹ malanau / malanā¹	मलनाः / मलनासः¹ malanāḥ / malanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मलनम् malanam	मलनौ / मलना¹ malanau / malanā¹	मलनान् malanān
Instrumental	मलनेन malanena	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनैः / मलनेभिः¹ malanaiḥ / malanebhiḥ¹
Dative	मलनाय malanāya	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Ablative	मलनात् malanāt	मलनाभ्याम् malanābhyām	मलनेभ्यः malanebhyaḥ
Genitive	मलनस्य malanasya	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनानाम् malanānām
Locative	मलने malane	मलनयोः malanayoḥ	मलनेषु malaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मलन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 792/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 391