Home › Words › M › maddalemaddalemaddale · noun — A type of percussion instrument used in Karnataka, India.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, maddale ranks #29,386 of 42,870 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Kannada ಮದ್ದಲೆ (maddale).nounA type of percussion instrument used in Karnataka, India.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).