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مال

Pronunciation: /maː.li/

“مال” is an Arabic word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. property, possessions, chattels, goods
  2. wealth, affluence
  3. fortune, estate
  4. money
  5. income, revenue
  6. assets, capital, stock, fund
  7. marketable title
  8. tax, land tax

verb

  1. to bend, bend down
  2. to bow down, to turn
  3. to bend, to incline, to slope
  4. to incline, to be favorably disposed
  5. to sympathize
  6. to side
  7. to lean, to be inclined
  8. to have an antipathy
  9. to revolt, to rebel
  10. to take or drag along
  11. to prepare to set (of the sun)
  12. to come to an end (of the day or night)

Etymology

Probably a univerbation of مَا (mā, “what”) + ل (l-, “to; belonging to”), as in مَا لِي (mā lī, “what belongs to me”). The root م و ل (m w l) then developed denominally. While this may seem like popular etymology, similar univerbations do exist in Arabic; compare particularly the dialectal verb جَاب (jāb). Compare also Classical Syriac ܡܵܠܵܐ (mālā, “property, wealth”).

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