68%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Pashto Scripts ملالۍ(Pashto) Pronounced Pron. ma-lah-LIE [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "sad, grieved" in Pashto. This was the name of a Pashtun woman who encouraged the Afghan forces during the 1880 Battle of Maiwand against the British. Categories emotions, grief, sadness, women's history