माला
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit माला (mālā). Compare Nepali माला (mālā), Pali mālā.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमाला • (mālā) f (Urdu spelling مالا)
Declension
editNepali
editPronunciation
editNoun
editमाला • (mālā)
Pali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Noun
editमाला f
- Devanagari script form of mālā
Declension
editDeclension table of "माला" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative 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)
- ᠮᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (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
editProbably 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
editNoun
editमाला • (mālā) stem, f
- garland, wreath, crown
- a string of beads, necklace, rosary
- a row, line, streak
- a series, regular succession
- (rhetoric) a series of epithets or similes
- (drama) a series of offerings for obtaining any object of desire
- (astrology) a particular Dala-yoga
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem declension of माला (mālā) | |||
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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 |
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- 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][1] (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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