मल्ल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মল্ল (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬮ᭄ᬮ (Balinese script)
• মল্ল (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰩𑰿𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀮𑁆𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• မလ္လ (Burmese script)
• મલ્લ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਲ੍ਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌲𑍍𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦭ꧀ꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂪𑂹𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಲ್ಲ (Kannada script)
• មល្ល (Khmer script)
• ມລ຺ລ (Lao script)
• മല്ല (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠯᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘩𑘿𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠯᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧉𑧠𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐮𑑂𑐮 (Newa script)
• ମଲ୍ଲ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢭ꣄ꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆬𑇀𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖩𑖿𑖩 (Siddham script)
• මල‍්ල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩽 𑪙𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚥𑚶𑚥 (Takri script)
• மல்ல (Tamil script)
• మల్ల (Telugu script)
• มลฺล (Thai script)
• མ་ལླ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒪𑓂𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨬𑩇𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐl.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐl̪.l̪ɐ/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

मल्ल • (malla) stem, m

1. a wrestler or boxer by profession (the offspring of an out-caste Kṣatriya by a Kṣatriya female who was previously the wife of another out-caste), an athlete, a very strong man
2. a kind of fish
3. the cheek and temples

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मल्ल (malla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्लः mallaḥ	मल्लौ / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्लाः / मल्लासः¹ mallāḥ / mallāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मल्ल malla	मल्लौ / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्लाः / मल्लासः¹ mallāḥ / mallāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मल्लम् mallam	मल्लौ / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्लान् mallān
Instrumental	मल्लेन mallena	मल्लाभ्याम् mallābhyām	मल्लैः / मल्लेभिः¹ mallaiḥ / mallebhiḥ¹
Dative	मल्लाय mallāya	मल्लाभ्याम् mallābhyām	मल्लेभ्यः mallebhyaḥ
Ablative	मल्लात् mallāt	मल्लाभ्याम् mallābhyām	मल्लेभ्यः mallebhyaḥ
Genitive	मल्लस्य mallasya	मल्लयोः mallayoḥ	मल्लानाम् mallānām
Locative	मल्ले malle	मल्लयोः mallayoḥ	मल्लेषु malleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

मल्ल • (malla)

1. (in the plural) an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age

Adjective

मल्ल • (malla) stem

1. strong, robust
2. good, excellent

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मल्ल
Nom. sg.	मल्लः (mallaḥ)
Gen. sg.	मल्लस्य (mallasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्लः (mallaḥ)	मल्लौ (mallau)	मल्लाः (mallāḥ)
Vocative	मल्ल (malla)	मल्लौ (mallau)	मल्लाः (mallāḥ)
Accusative	मल्लम् (mallam)	मल्लौ (mallau)	मल्लान् (mallān)
Instrumental	मल्लेन (mallena)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लैः (mallaiḥ)
Dative	मल्लाय (mallāya)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लेभ्यः (mallebhyaḥ)
Ablative	मल्लात् (mallāt)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लेभ्यः (mallebhyaḥ)
Genitive	मल्लस्य (mallasya)	मल्लयोः (mallayoḥ)	मल्लानाम् (mallānām)
Locative	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लयोः (mallayoḥ)	मल्लेषु (malleṣu)

Feminine ā-stem declension of मल्ल
Nom. sg.	मल्ला (mallā)
Gen. sg.	मल्लायाः (mallāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्ला (mallā)	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लाः (mallāḥ)
Vocative	मल्ले (malle)	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लाः (mallāḥ)
Accusative	मल्लाम् (mallām)	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लाः (mallāḥ)
Instrumental	मल्लया (mallayā)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लाभिः (mallābhiḥ)
Dative	मल्लायै (mallāyai)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लाभ्यः (mallābhyaḥ)
Ablative	मल्लायाः (mallāyāḥ)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लाभ्यः (mallābhyaḥ)
Genitive	मल्लायाः (mallāyāḥ)	मल्लयोः (mallayoḥ)	मल्लानाम् (mallānām)
Locative	मल्लायाम् (mallāyām)	मल्लयोः (mallayoḥ)	मल्लासु (mallāsu)

Neuter a-stem declension of मल्ल
Nom. sg.	मल्लम् (mallam)
Gen. sg.	मल्लस्य (mallasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्लम् (mallam)	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लानि (mallāni)
Vocative	मल्ल (malla)	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लानि (mallāni)
Accusative	मल्लम् (mallam)	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लानि (mallāni)
Instrumental	मल्लेन (mallena)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लैः (mallaiḥ)
Dative	मल्लाय (mallāya)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लेभ्यः (mallebhyaḥ)
Ablative	मल्लात् (mallāt)	मल्लाभ्याम् (mallābhyām)	मल्लेभ्यः (mallebhyaḥ)
Genitive	मल्लस्य (mallasya)	मल्लयोः (mallayoḥ)	मल्लानाम् (mallānām)
Locative	मल्ले (malle)	मल्लयोः (mallayoḥ)	मल्लेषु (malleṣu)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

मल्ल • (malla) stem, m

1. a vessel, boiler
2. the remnant of an oblation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मल्ल (malla)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मल्लः mallaḥ	मल्लौ / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्लाः / मल्लासः¹ mallāḥ / mallāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मल्ल malla	मल्लौ / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्लाः / मल्लासः¹ mallāḥ / mallāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मल्लम् mallam	मल्लौ / मल्ला¹ mallau / mallā¹	मल्लान् mallān
Instrumental	मल्लेन mallena	मल्लाभ्याम् mallābhyām	मल्लैः / मल्लेभिः¹ mallaiḥ / mallebhiḥ¹
Dative	मल्लाय mallāya	मल्लाभ्याम् mallābhyām	मल्लेभ्यः mallebhyaḥ
Ablative	मल्लात् mallāt	मल्लाभ्याम् mallābhyām	मल्लेभ्यः mallebhyaḥ
Genitive	मल्लस्य mallasya	मल्लयोः mallayoḥ	मल्लानाम् mallānām
Locative	मल्ले malle	मल्लयोः mallayoḥ	मल्लेषु malleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मल्ल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 793/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 392-3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 600-1