maal

• IPA^(key): /maːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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From Middle Dutch mael, from Old Dutch *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Compare German Mahl, English meal, Danish mål.

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. meal

• maaltijd

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. time, turn, occurrence

• keer

From Middle Dutch mael, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“mark, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“dark color”).

Cognate with compare Old English mæl, Old Norse mál (“ornament (on a sword)”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌻 (mēl, “writing, scripture”), Welsh melyn (“yellow”), Lithuanian mė́las (“black”), Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “dark-colored, black”).

maal n (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. stain
2. mark, marking

• gedenkmaal

• malen

maal

1. first-person singular present indicative of malen
2. imperative of malen

From Middle Dutch mael, male, from Old Dutch māla, from Proto-Germanic *mēlō (“young cow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melh₁-. Compare Old Irish míl (“animal”), Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “lamb”) , Breton mil (“animal”), Armenian մալ (mal, “sheep; mutton; wether; cattle; livestock”), Central Kurdish ماڵ‎ (māł, “livestock”).

maal f (plural malen, diminutive maaltje n)

1. (obsolete) calf (young cow)

• lama

From maalima (“to paint”).

maal (genitive maali, partitive maali)

1. painting

• IPA^(key): /maːl/

maal

1. one

• Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia

maal

1. water

• R. Blench, The Rukul language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2006) (mentions this word in notes)

maal

1. water

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 248