അവീൻ

Malayalam

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افیون, from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn). Cognate with Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm), Kannada ಅಫೀಮು (aphīmu), Bengali আফিম (aphim), Marathi अफू (aphū), Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Telugu అభిని (abhini), Tamil அபினி (apiṉi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐʋiːn/

Noun

അവീൻ • (avīṉ)

1. opium

   Synonym: കറുപ്പ് (kaṟuppŭ)