# मल
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /məl/, [mɐl]
* Rhymes: -əl

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मल (mála).

#### Noun

मल • (mal) m (Urdu spelling مل)
* faeces, excreta
    Synonym: विष्ठा (viṣṭhā)

##### Derived terms

* मलीय (malīya)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

मल • (mal)
* inflection of मलना (malnā):
** stem
** second-person singular present imperative

## Kurukh
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mal]

### Adverb

मल (mal)
* not

### References

* Hahn, Ferb (1903) “मल”, in Kurukh Orao English dictionary‎, Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta, page 118

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मल (mala). Doublet of मळ (maḷ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məl/

### Noun

मल • (mal) m
* feces, excreta
    Synonym: विष्ठा (viṣṭhā)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* mala (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* মল (Bengali script)
* මල (Sinhalese script)
* မလ (Burmese script)
* มล or มะละ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩃ (Tai Tham script)
* ມລ or ມະລະ (Lao script)
* មល (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄣 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मल n
* Devanagari script form of mala

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

* মল (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬮ (Balinese script)
* মল (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* မလ (Burmese script)
* મલ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಲ (Kannada script)
* មល (Khmer script)
* ມລ (Lao script)
* മല (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐮 (Newa script)
* ମଲ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖩 (Siddham script)
* මල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚥 (Takri script)
* மல (Tamil script)
* మల (Telugu script)
* มล (Thai script)
* མ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *málas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *málas, from Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂-os, from *melh₂- (“black”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas), Old Prussian melne.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ́.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Adjective

मल • (mála)
* dirty
* niggardly?
* unbelieving, godless

#### Declension
### Noun

मल • (mála) stem, n (also m in later language)
* dirt, filth, dust, impurity (physical and moral)
* (medicine) any bodily excretion or secretion (especially those of the dhatus, described as phlegm from chyle, bile from the blood, nose mucus and ear wax from the flesh, perspiration from the fat, nails and hair from the bones, rheum of the eye from the brain)
* (with शैव (śaiva)), original sin, natural impurity
* camphor

#### Derived terms

* मलपृष्ठ (malapṛṣṭha)

### Noun

मल • (mála) stem, m
* the son of a Shudra and a Maluki

#### Declension
### Noun

मल • (mála) stem, n
* tanned leather, a leathern or dirty garment
* a kind of brass or bell-metal
* the tip of a scorpion's tail

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: মল (mol)
* → Bengali: মল (mol)
* → Kannada: ಮಲ (mala)
* → Kashmiri: مَل (mal)
* → Marathi: मल (mal), मळ (maḷ)
* → Tamil: மலம் (malam)
* → Telugu: మలము (malamu)