मलाई

See also: मलई

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to stack, to fill”). Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “thick cream”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.lɑː.iː/, [mɐ.läː.iː]

Noun

मलाई • (malāī) f (Urdu spelling ملائی)

1. malai, cream (cooking ingredient made from milk)

Declension

Declension of मलाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मलाई malāī	मलाइयाँ malāiyā̃
oblique	मलाई malāī	मलाइयों malāiyõ
vocative	मलाई malāī	मलाइयो malāiyo

Derived terms

• रस मलाई (ras malāī)
• मलाईदार (malāīdār)

Descendants

• → Burmese: မလိုင် (ma.luing)
• → English: malai

See also

• कोफ़्ता (koftā)
• क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मलाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-60
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌläi̯]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मलाइ

Pronoun

मलाई • (malāī)

1. dative of म (ma)