mălai

See also: malai, malaí, málaí, Mǎlái, and mal aí

Romanian

Etymology

Possibly from Late Dacian *mellája, from Dacian *melwá-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-wo-yo- (“consisting of flour”), from *melh₂-wo- (“flour”), from *melh₂- (“to grind”). Compare Albanian miell. Other theories include Latin amylum + the suffix -alium.

Noun

mălai n (plural mălaie)

  1. cornflour (U.S.), maize flour (British)
  2. any cereal
  3. Romanian cornbread
  4. (botany) hairy woodrush (Luzula pilosa)
  5. (botany) field woodrush (Luzula campestris)
  6. (archaic, Moldavia, Transylvania) millet

Synonyms

See also
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