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मैल mail[prob. S. मलं; but cf. mailā], s.f. Dirt, filth; pollution; scum; rust; (met.) sadness; vexation, displeasure:—mail baiṭhnā(-par), Dirt, etc. to settle (or); to gather a crust; to become rusty:—mail ćhāṅṭnā(-kī), To fine, refine; to strain; to purify; to clarify; to wash (clothes):—mail-ḵẖorā, s.m. A coloured garment worn over the clothes to keep the dirt off them; an apron;—an under-vestment (as a petticoat, etc.);—a garment which has become dirty and discoloured;—cast-off clothes:—mailkābail banānā, 'To turn mailinto bail'; to multiply words:—mail kāṭnā(-kī) = mail ćhāṅṭnā, q.v.:—mail-kućail, or mail-kućailā, adj. contrac. of mailā-kućailā, q.v.:—mail lānā, v.n. To be sad, or sorry; to be vexed, or displeased.
Origin: Hindi