मल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मल्ल् (mall)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐl/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐl̪/

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^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 391; 392