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Cognate with Tamil ஞாலம் (ñālam).
ഞാലം • (ñālaṁ)
- (dated) earth, world
- Synonyms: ലോകം (lōkaṁ), ഭൂമി (bhūmi)
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ഞാലം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.