माला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माला (mālā). Compare Nepali माला (mālā), Pali mālā.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑː.lɑː/, [mäː.läː]

Noun

माला • (mālā) f (Urdu spelling مالا)

  1. garland, wreath
  2. necklace, rosary

Declension
Declension of माला (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct माला
mālā		 मालाएँ
mālāẽ
oblique माला
mālā		 मालाओं
mālāõ
vocative माला
mālā		 मालाओ
mālāo

Nepali

Pronunciation

Noun

माला • (mālā)

  1. garland
  2. necklace, rosary

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • mālā (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • মালা (Bengali script)
  • මාලා (Sinhalese script)
  • မာလာ or မႃလႃ (Burmese script)
  • มาลา (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩣᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມາລາ (Lao script)
  • មាលា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

माला f

  1. Devanagari script form of mālā

Declension
Declension table of "माला" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)माला (mālā)मालायो (mālāyo) or माला (mālā)
Accusative (second)मालं (mālaṃ)मालायो (mālāyo) or माला (mālā)
Instrumental (third)मालाय (mālāya)मालाहि (mālāhi) or मालाभि (mālābhi)
Dative (fourth)मालाय (mālāya)मालानं (mālānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)मालाय (mālāya)मालाहि (mālāhi) or मालाभि (mālābhi)
Genitive (sixth)मालाय (mālāya)मालानं (mālānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)मालाय (mālāya) or मालायं (mālāyaṃ)मालासु (mālāsu)
Vocative (calling)माले (māle)मालायो (mālāyo) or माला (mālā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মালা (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মালা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • မာလာ (Burmese script)
  • માલા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
  • មាលា (Khmer script)
  • ມາລາ (Lao script)
  • മാലാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମାଲା (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මාලා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
  • மாலா (Tamil script)
  • మాలా (Telugu script)
  • มาลา (Thai script)
  • མཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil மாலை (mālai, “garland”) and Telugu మాల (māla​, “garland”). In this case, the Sanskrit term is borrowed from Dravidian, rather than the other way around.

Pronunciation

Noun

माला • (mālā) stem, f

  1. garland, wreath, crown
  2. a string of beads, necklace, rosary
  3. a row, line, streak
  4. a series, regular succession
  5. (rhetoric) a series of epithets or similes
  6. (drama) a series of offerings for obtaining any object of desire
  7. (astrology) a particular Dala-yoga

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of माला (mālā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative माला
mālā		 माले
māle		 मालाः
mālāḥ
Vocative माले
māle		 माले
māle		 मालाः
mālāḥ
Accusative मालाम्
mālām		 माले
māle		 मालाः
mālāḥ
Instrumental मालया / माला¹
mālayā / mālā¹		 मालाभ्याम्
mālābhyām		 मालाभिः
mālābhiḥ
Dative मालायै
mālāyai		 मालाभ्याम्
mālābhyām		 मालाभ्यः
mālābhyaḥ
Ablative मालायाः / मालायै²
mālāyāḥ / mālāyai²		 मालाभ्याम्
mālābhyām		 मालाभ्यः
mālābhyaḥ
Genitive मालायाः / मालायै²
mālāyāḥ / mālāyai²		 मालयोः
mālayoḥ		 मालानाम्
mālānām
Locative मालायाम्
mālāyām		 मालयोः
mālayoḥ		 मालासु
mālāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants
  • → Bengali: মালা (mala) (learned)
  • → Thai: มาลา (maa-laa)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “माला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 813/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 351
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 628
  • Trautmann, T. R. (2005). The Aryan Debate (Oxford in India Readings: Debates in Indian History and Society). India: Oxford University Press, p. 33
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