مالا

माला mālā, s.f. A wreath, garland, chaplet (of flowers, etc.);—a row, line; a chain, string (of beads, etc.), a necklace, a Hindūrosary; a collection, group, a collection of words arranged in order, a vocabulary, a dictionary; a book;—a field;—a cocoa-nut shell:—mālā-phal, s.m. The seed of the Elœocarpus ganitrus (of which rosaries are made):—mālāphernā, or mālājapnā, To tell (one's) beads:—mālā-kār, s.m. (f. -ī), A wreath-maker, garland-weaver; a florist, gardener, flower-seller:—mālā-vān, adj. (f. -vatī), Having a wreath or garland, garlanded, wreathed, crowned.