Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malai

/məˈlaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: malai
IPA: /məˈlaɪ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The milk had malai on top."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मलाई (malāī).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: मलाई

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

malai kofta malai paan ras malai

Questions

How do you pronounce malai?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈlaɪ/.
What does malai mean?: An Indian cream made by heating and then cooling non-homogenized whole milk and then skimming off the resulting fatty layer.
Where does malai come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce malai

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