मलाई
See also: मलई
Hindi
editEtymology
editDerived from Arabic مَلَأَ (malaʔa, “to stack, to fill”). Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “thick cream”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमलाई • (malāī) f (Urdu spelling ملائی)
- malai, cream (cooking ingredient made from milk)
Declension
editDeclension of मलाई (fem ind ī-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editReferences
edit- 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][1] (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
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editमलाई • (malāī)