maalin

maalin

1. genitive singular of maali

• ilmaan, ilmana, limaan, limana, mailan, malina, manila

Inherited from Middle English merlioun.

maalin (plural maalins)

1. (Shetland) a hawk, especially the merlin, sparrow hawk or kestrel

• “maalin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Proto-Somaloid *maalim (“day”), perhaps from earlier *maʕalám, of Ethiopian Semitic origin. Compare Tigrinya መዓልቲ (mäʿalti, “day”).

Cognate with Rendille maalim, Aweer maale.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːlɪn/

máalin f (definite maalinta)

1. day

   Synonym: casho

   Antonym: habeen