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} ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈmæl.ə/" } ], "word": "mala" } { "etymology_number": 3, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "sa", "3": "माला", "t": "wreath, garland, crown" }, "expansion": "Transliteration of Sanskrit माला (mālā, “wreath, garland, crown”)", "name": "translit" } ], "etymology_text": "Transliteration of Sanskrit माला (mālā, “wreath, garland, crown”).", "forms": [ { "form": "malas", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "mala", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "+", "2": "mala" }, "expansion": "mala (plural malas or mala)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Hinduism", "orig": "en:Hinduism", "parents": [ "India", "Religion", "Asia", "Culture", "Earth", "Eurasia", "Society", "Nature", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Sikhism", "orig": "en:Sikhism", 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with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "16 13 13 3 17 39", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Macropods", "orig": "en:Macropods", "parents": [ "Marsupials", "Mammals", "Vertebrates", "Chordates", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "19 16 15 2 15 33", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Marsupials", "orig": "en:Marsupials", "parents": [ "Mammals", "Vertebrates", "Chordates", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "A species of hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus, of arid Australia." ], "id": "en-mala-en-noun-zsVH5vZm", "links": [ [ "hare-wallaby", "hare-wallaby" ], [ "arid", "arid" ] ], "related": [ { "english": "etymologically unrelated", "word": "mala fide" } ] } ], "word": "mala" }
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