[malnā], v.t. to rub, scrub, massage, anoint.
[◀MIA: Pk. malaï, °lēi ‘rubs’ ◀OIA *malati ‘crushes, rubs’ <√mr̥̄ ‘rub, crush’ ◀PIE *mel- ‘to grind, hit; fine, ground’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. meal, mold, melt, malt, mild ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. mill, millet, mallet ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1066; (Turner, 1966) 9870, p.595; (MW, 1899) 0831; (Pokorny, 1959) 0716; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.319