# माल
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɑːl/, [mäːl]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian مال (māl), from Arabic مال (māl). Compare Assamese মাল (mal), Bengali মাল (mal).

#### Noun

माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال) (uncountable)
* goods, stuff, things
* (slang, chiefly Delhi) money
* (slang, chiefly Delhi, offensive) an attractive woman
* (slang) drugs

##### Related terms

* माली (mālī)

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मल्ल (malla).

#### Noun

माल • (māl) m (Urdu spelling مال)
* wrestler, fighter

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

From Sanskrit माला (mālā).

#### Noun

माल • (māl) f (Urdu spelling مال)
* wreath, garland

##### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* māla (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* মাল (Bengali script)
* මාල (Sinhalese script)
* မာလ or မႃလ (Burmese script)
* มาล or มาละ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ມາລ or ມາລະ (Lao script)
* មាល (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

माल m
* circular enclosure, round yard

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মাল (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
* মাল (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* မာလ (Burmese script)
* માલ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಾಲ (Kannada script)
* មាល (Khmer script)
* ມາລ (Lao script)
* മാല (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
* ମାଲ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
* මාල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
* மால (Tamil script)
* మాల (Telugu script)
* มาล (Thai script)
* མཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɑː.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɑː.l̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Dravidian; in particular, comparisons to मलय (malaya, “name of a mountain range on the west of Malabar”) have been suggested, though this is semantically suspect.

#### Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n
* a forest or wood near a village

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Likely borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil மாலர் (mālar, “the child of a Brahmin mother and a Sudra father”), Telugu మాల (māla​, “a pariah, an outcaste”), Kannada ಮಾಲ (māla​, “low, base, name of a barbarous tribe”).

#### Proper noun

माल • (māla) stem, m
* name of a district (lying west and southwest of Bengal)
* of one of the seven islands, of Antara-dvīpa
* of the son of a Śūdra and a Sūta
* (in the plural) name of a barbarous tribe or people

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Of unclear origin. Perhaps related to मल (mala, “dirt, filth”), Lithuanian mólis (“loam, clay”).

#### Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n
* a field

### Etymology 4

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not listed in etymological dictionaries. Perhaps related to Etymology 2, via the "barbarous tribe" meaning, assuming the word isn't a spurious addition by lexicographers.”

#### Noun

माल • (māla) stem, n
* fraud, artifice

### Etymology 5

See माला (mālā).

#### Noun

माल • (māla) stem, m
* (in some compounds) = माला (mālā, “a wreath, garland”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “माल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 813/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 402
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 627-8
* Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4824”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.