അമരി
Malayalam
Etymology
Cognate with Sinhalese අවරිය (awariya, “Indigo plant”), Tamil அவுரி (avuri, “indigo plant”) and Telugu అవిరి (aviri, “indigo plant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐmɐɾi/
Noun
അമരി • (amari)
- indigo plant, leguminous plants of the Indigofera, particularly Indigofera tinctoria and Indigofera suffruticosa.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | അമരി (amari) | അമരികൾ (amarikaḷ) |
| vocative | അമരീ (amarī) | അമരികളേ (amarikaḷē) |
| accusative | അമരിയെ (amariye) | അമരികളെ (amarikaḷe) |
| dative | അമരിയ്ക്ക് (amariykkŭ) | അമരികൾക്ക് (amarikaḷkkŭ) |
| genitive | അമരിയുടെ (amariyuṭe) | അമരികളുടെ (amarikaḷuṭe) |
| locative | അമരിയിൽ (amariyil) | അമരികളിൽ (amarikaḷil) |
| sociative | അമരിയോട് (amariyōṭŭ) | അമരികളോട് (amarikaḷōṭŭ) |
| instrumental | അമരിയാൽ (amariyāl) | അമരികളാൽ (amarikaḷāl) |
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872), “അമരി [amari]”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “അമരി [amari]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Kailash Nath (2019), “അമരി”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary
- https://dict.sayahna.org/#/stv/33065
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “aviri”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.