# мал
## Bashkir
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑɫ/
* Hyphenation: мал (one syllable)
* Мал:(file)

### Noun

мал • (mal)
* livestock, cattle
    Һуғым мал.Huğım mal.Cattle for slaughter.
    Тамғалы мал юғалмай.Tamğalı mal yuğalmay.Branded cattle won't get lost.
    Былтыр йәй тимер юлында күп мал тапалған икән.Bıltır yəy timer yulında küp mal tapalğan ikən.(It appears that) Last year's summer, a lot of cattle got knocked down (to death or serious injury) at the railway.
    Тап шундай берәҙәк эттәр ваҡ мал һәм ҡош-ҡорт өсөн генә түгел, кеше өсөн дә хәүефле.Tap şunday berəźək ettər vaq mal həm qoş-qort ösön genə tügel, keşe ösön də xəwefle.It is stray dogs of this kind that are dangerous not only to small cattle and poultry, but also to humans.
* property, possessions

#### Derived terms

* сеймал (seymal, “raw material”)

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic малъ (malŭ), from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maɫ]

### Adjective

мал • (mal) (adverb ма́ле or ма́ло) (rare, obsolescent)
* small, little (of size, age)
    Мала Азия ― Mala Azija ― Asia Minor
    Мала Гора (in toponyms) ― Mala Gora ― small mountain
    Мала Река (in hydronyms) ― Mala Reka ― small river, brook
    мало и голямо ― malo i goljamo ― encompasing everyone (literally, “small and big”)
* insignificant, minor (of status, eminence)
    мал болярин (historical) ― mal boljarin ― minor nobleman
    Мал Божич (regional) ― Mal Božič ― Boxing Day (literally, “Little Christmas”)

#### Derived terms

* (stative) мале́я (maléja)
* (causative) мало́я се (malója se)
* (causative-iterative) маля (malja)
* (diminutive) ма́лек (málek)
* (agent noun) ма́ленка f (málenka)
* (agent noun) ма́ленко m (málenko)
* (diminutive) ма́лечко (málečko)
* (collective) малци́на (malcína)
* (diminutive) ма́лчо (málčo)
* (diminutive) ма́льо (máljo)
* Мале́й m (Maléj)
* Малу́да f (Malúda)
* ма́лен (málen)
* ма́лов (málov)
* (comparative) ма́лш (málš) (archaic)
* ма́лък (málǎk)
* мало- (malo-) (in compounds)
** малобро́ен (malobróen, “of little quantity”)
** малова́жен (malovážen, “of little importance”)
** малове́рен (malovéren, “of little credibility”)
** малоду́шен (malodúšen, “faint-hearted, of little spirit”)
** малоимо́тен (maloimóten, “with little property”)
** малокали́брен (malokalíbren, “of small caliber”)
** малоле́тен (maloléten, “juvenile, under age”) (literally: “little-aged”)
** маломе́рен (maloméren, “of small size, measure”)
** маломо́щен (malomóšten, “of little power”)
** малосна́жен (malosnážen, “having insignificant stature”)
** малотра́ен (malotráen, “of little duration”)
** малоу́мен (maloúmen, “with small brain”)
*** малоу́мник (maloúmnik, “retard”) (literally: “small-brainer”)
** малоце́нен (malocénen, “of little value”)
** малочи́слен (maločíslen, “of small number”)

### References

* “мал¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Nayden Gerov (1899) “малъ, -а, -о”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 47
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мал¹ (прил.)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 622
* “малъ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025

## Kazakh
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑl/

### Noun

мал • (mal) (nominative plural малдар)
* livestock, cattle
* property
* capital
* stock

#### Derived terms

* малшы (malşy)

## Khakas
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Noun

мал • (mal)
* livestock

## Kyrgyz
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Noun

мал • (mal) (Arabic spelling مال)
* property
* capital
* shock

## Lezgi
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl) via a Turkic language. Compare Azerbaijani mal.

### Noun

мал • (mal)
* animals, livestock, cattle

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maɫ]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

мал • (mal) (comparative помал, superlative најмал, diminutive малецок or малечок, abstract noun малост)
* little, small
* short
* trifling, petty
* younger (of a sibling or cousin)

#### Related terms

* малечок (malečok)
* малку (malku)

## Mongolian
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property”) via a Turkic language.

### Pronunciation

* (Ulaanbaatar) IPA: /maɮ/, [maɮ]

### Noun

мал • (mal) (Mongolian spelling ᠮᠠᠯ (mal)); (regular declension)
* livestock, cattle

#### Derived terms

* малчин (malčin, “herdsman”)
* маллах (mallax, “to herd”)

## Nogai
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Noun

мал • (mal)
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## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maɫ]
* Rhymes: -aɫ

### Adjective

мал • (mal)
* short masculine singular of ма́лый (mályj)
* short masculine singular of ма́ленький (málenʹkij)

### Adjective

мал • (mal)
* too small; smaller than necessary
    Э́ти сапоги́ мне малы́.Éti sapogí mne malý.These boots are too small for me.

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *malъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâːl/

### Adjective

ма̑л (Latin spelling mȃl, definite ма̑лӣ, comparative ма̏њӣ)
* small

#### Related terms

* ма̀лен

### Further reading

* “мал”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Shor
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Noun

мал • (transliteration needed)
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## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Noun

мал • (mal)
* livestock, cattle
* property

### References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “мал”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

## Tofa
### Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl, “property, capital, stock”).

### Noun

мал (mal)
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## Tuvan
### Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَال (māl, “property”), possibly through back-formation from малчын (malçın, “herder”), a Mongolic borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɫ/

### Noun

мал • (mal) (definite accusative малды, plural малдар)
* cattle, livestock

#### Related terms

* малчын (malçın)
* малдаар (maldaar)

## Yakut
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَال (māl).

### Noun

мал • (mal)
* thing
* belongings, property
* (by extension) clothing
    Synonym: таҥас (tañas)

### See also

* бэйэ (beye, “body, substance”)
* һэк (hek, “substance”)