mala

Meanings

1. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
2. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
3. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.

1. plural of malum

1. 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.

1. A species of hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus, of arid Australia.

1. A seasoning made from Sichuan pepper and chilis.

1. Abbreviation of metformin-associated metabolic acidosis.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”).