Meaning of mala | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of metformin-associated metabolic acidosis.
   abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
2. A single lobe of an insect's maxilla.
3. 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.
   Hinduism, Sikhism
4. A species of hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus, of arid Australia.
5. A seasoning made from Sichuan pepper and chilis.
   uncountable
6. The grinding surface of an insect's mandible.
7. The third segment of a mandible of some myriapods.

Examples

“His words were like beads on the string of a mala, escaping his lips in small puffs of air.”

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