maalane

Estonian

Etymology

From maa (land) + -lane. Akin to Finnish maalainen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːlɑne/, [ˈmɑːlɑne̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːlɑne
  • Hyphenation: maa‧la‧ne

Noun

maalane (genitive maalase, partitive maalast)

  1. Earthling
  2. (uncommon on its own) inhabitant (of a land or country)
  3. (rare) a rural person

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), maalane”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • maalane in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
  • maalane in Sõnaveeb
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