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malar

/ˈmeɪlə/

malar adjective: pertaining to the cheek.

Adjective

malar (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the cheek.
    • Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Noun

malar (plural malars)

  1. The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

malar meaning in Tamil and Arabic

malar in Tamil

கன்ன, கன்ன எலும்பு, கன்னம்

malar in Arabic

pertaining to the cheek
خَدِّيّ ḵaddiyy, وَجْنِيّ wajniyy

Forms of malar

pluralmalars

Origin of malar

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

Words formed from malar

Phrases with malar

Words that rhyme with malar

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Questions about malar

What does malar mean?
Malar means pertaining to the cheek.
What is malar in Tamil?
Malar in Tamil is கன்ன, கன்ன எலும்பு, கன்னம். See Malar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is malar?
Malar can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce malar?
Malar is pronounced /ˈmeɪlə/.

Words near malar in the dictionary

  1. malapropped
  2. malapropping
  3. malaprops
  4. malapterurid
  5. malapterurids
  6. malar
  7. malar bone
  8. malar bones
  9. malaria
  10. malaria mosquito
  11. malaria mosquitos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: malar (page history and authors); malar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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