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Borrowed from Pali ambala.
അമ്പലം • (ampalaṁ)
- temple
- Synonyms: ക്ഷേത്രം (kṣētraṁ), കോവിൽ (kōvil)
- Godavarma, K. (1946) “അമ്പലം”, in Indo-Aryan loanwords in Malayalam, Thiruvanathapuram: Head of department of Malayalam, page 22