കാൽ
Malayalam
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| Cardinal: നാല് (nālŭ), നാങ്ക് (nāṅkŭ) Ordinal: നാലാം (nālāṁ) Sanskritic ordinal: ചതുർത്ഥം (catuṟtthaṁ) Multiplier: ചതുര (catura) Fractional: കാൽ (kāl) | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kāl. Cognate with Kannada ಕಾಲು (kālu), Tamil கால் (kāl), Tulu ಕಾರ್ (kārŭ), Telugu కాలు (kālu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːl/
Noun
കാൽ • (kāl)
- leg, a lower limb of humans, animals and insects
- a supporting leg of furniture, pillar and other inanimate objects
- one fourth, ¼, one quarter
- Synonym: ൳ (¼) (archaic)
- prop
- tender shoot
- (astro.) one quarter of the period of a nakshatra.
Derived terms
References
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “കാൽ [kāl]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “1479”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.