different between mahalo vs mahal

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian mahalo, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??h?lo?/, /m??h?lo?/

Interjection

mahalo

1. (Hawaii) thank you

Usage notes

The word is widely used in public notices in Hawaii, most visibly on trash cans, leading some tourists unfamiliar with the term to infer the meaning as “trash can”.

References

• “Archived copy”, in Hawaiian Words?^[1], accessed 2005 May 25, archived from the original on 5 October 2008

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sad?p (compare Tagalog masarap, Malay sedap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?ha.lo/, [m??h?lo]

Interjection

mahalo

1. thank you

Noun

mahalo

1. thanks, gratitude
2. admiration, praise, esteem

3. regards, respects

Verb

mahalo

1. to thank
2. to admire, praise, appreciate

References

• The Meaning of Hawaiian Words?^[2], accessed 2005 May 25

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (mahal), from Arabic ??????? (ma?all, “place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??h??l/

Noun

mahal (plural mahals)

1. (India) A summer house.
2. (India) Private lodgings.
3. (India, historical) A territorial division of pre-independence India.
4. (India) A division of a farm.
5. (India) A division of a hunting preserve.

Anagrams

• Halma, Hamal, almah, amlah, halma, hamal

Bikol Central

Adjective

mahál

1. expensive

   Antonym: barato

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mahal. Cognate of Tagalog mahal (“dear, expensive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mahal]
• Hyphenation: ma?hal

Adjective

mahal

1. expensive
2. rare, hard

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mahal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Adjective

mahal (Jawi spelling ?????, plural mahal-mahal)

1. expensive

Derived terms

• kemahalan
• memahalkan

Further reading

• “mahal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Indonesian mahal (“expensive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?hal/

Adjective

mahal

1. Dear.

   Mahal kong kapatid

   My dear kin

2. Expensive.

   Mahal na pang-matrikula

   Expensive tuition fee

Noun

mahal

1. Beloved.

   O aking mahal, sadyang pinagtagpo tayo ng Tadhana!

   Oh my beloved, we have been led to meet by Fate!

Verb

mahal

1. To love.

   Siya lang ang tanging minamahal ko, hindi ko ito maikakaila.

   She is the only one I am loving, this I cannot deny.

2. To raise in price.

   Nagmamahal taun-taon ang matrikula; saan ba napupunta ang pera?

   School tuition fees hike every year; where does the money go?

Synonyms

• ibig
• irog

Derived terms

• mahal kita

Waray-Waray

Adjective

mahál

1. expensive