MALA

Etymology 1

Noun

mala (plural malae)

A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.

The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.

Etymology 2

Noun

mala

plural of malum

Etymology 3

Noun

mala (plural malas or mala)

A bead or a set of beads commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for keeping count while reciting, chanting, or mentally repeating a mantra or the name or names of a deity.

Anagrams

• Alam, Alma, Amal, alma, amla, laam, lama

Source: Wiktionary


Ma"la, n.; pl. of Malum. Etym: [L.]

Definition: Evils; wrongs; offenses against right and law. Mala in se Etym: [L.] (Law), offenses which are such from their own nature, at common law, irrespective of statute.

– Mala prohibita Etym: [L.] (Law), offenses prohibited by statute, as distinguished from mala in se, which are offenses at common law.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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