মালে

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle), which is from މާ (mā, “big”) + ލޭ (lē, “blood”) (cognate with মহা (moha, “great”) and লহু (lohu, “blood”) respectively).

Proper noun

মালে • (male) (objective মালে (male) or মালেকে (maleke), genitive মালের (maler), locative মালেতে (malete))

1. Malé (the capital city of the Maldives)
2. Malé (an atoll in the Maldives)