ماله

Ottoman Turkish

ماله

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ماله‎ (mâle, “trowel, harrow”).

Proper noun

ماله • (mala)

  1. trowel, a plasterer's tool used in spreading and dressing mortar
  2. (in general) any instrument for rubbing down and smoothing

Derived terms

  • ماله‌جی‎ (malacı, “maker or seller of trowels”)
  • ماله‌لاتمق‎ (malalatmak, “to make or let be smoothed”)
  • ماله‌لامق‎ (malalamak, “to smooth or polish with a trowel”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mala
  • → Armenian: մալա (mala), մա̈լա̈ (mälä)

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • مالچ‎ (mâleč), مالش‎ (mâleš)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *mālag, whence also Arabic مَالَج‎ (mālaj), مَالَق‎ (mālaq, “trowel”) and مَيْلَق‎ (maylaq, “touchstone, whetstone”); from the stem of مالیدن‎ (mâlidan, “to rub, to smooth, to polish”).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /mɒːla/

    Noun

    ماله • (mâle)

    1. anything with which ground is smoothed; trowel; harrow

    Descendants

    • → Ottoman Turkish: ماله‎ (mala)
      • Turkish: mala
      • → Armenian: մալա (mala), մա̈լա̈ (mälä)

    References

    • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “ماله”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
    • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “ماله”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, page 1123
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