mazal

From maze +‎ -al.

mazal (not comparable)

1. Relating to a maze.

• extramazal
• intramazal

• mazal tov

• IPA^(key): [ˈmazal]

From mazat +‎ -al.

mazal m anim (female equivalent mazalka, diminutive mazálek)

1. dauber, scribbler (bad painter or writer)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mazal

1. masculine singular past active participle of mazat

• “mazal”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mazal”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mazal”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic مَا زَال.

mazal

1. still

From Hebrew מַזָּל (mazál), likely from Akkadian 𒌓𒁕 (manzaltum).

mazal m (Hebrew spelling מזל)

1. the star under which one is born
2. destiny, fate
3. luck, chance

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “maźal”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “mazál”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 352
• Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “mazal”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 244