മലയാളം

Malayalam

Etymology

Compound of മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) +‎ അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”). Alternatively, മല (mala, “mountain”) +‎ ആൾ (āḷ, “person”) +‎ -അം (-aṁ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɐlɐjaːɭɐm/
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Proper noun

മലയാളം • (malayāḷaṁ)

  1. the Malayalam language
    Synonyms: മലയാഴ്മ (malayāḻma), കൈരളി (kairaḷi)
    Coordinate terms: മണിപ്രവാളം (maṇipravāḷaṁ), നമ്പ്യാർ തമിഴ് (nampyāṟ tamiḻŭ), മുത്തമിഴ് (muttamiḻŭ), ദ്രാവിഡം (drāviḍaṁ)

References

  1. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003), The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
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