मल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मल्ल् (mall)

Alternative scripts

মল্ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
মল্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မလ် (Burmese script)
મલ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮಲ್ (Kannada script)
មល៑ (Khmer script)
ມລ຺ (Lao script)
മല് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
ମଲ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
මල් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
மல் (Tamil script)
మల్ (Telugu script)
มลฺ (Thai script)
མ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Generally related to मलन (malana, “crushing, grinding”), though the semantic gap between "grinding" > "obtaining" > "having" is non-trivial.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐl/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐl̪/

Root

मल् • (mal)

to hold, possess

Derived terms

मलते (malate)
मलयति (malayati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 792/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 391; 392