പഞ്ഞി
See also: പഞ്ഞം
Malayalam
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Tamil பஞ்சி (pañci), Kannada ಪಂಜಿಕೆ (pañjike). Compare Sanskrit पञ्जी (pañjī), a Dravidian borrowing whence Assamese পাঁজি (pãzi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]പഞ്ഞി • (paññi)
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- kapok
- kapok tree
- cotton
- Synonym: പരുത്തി (parutti)
- cotton wool; soft absorbent cotton used for medical or cosmetic purposes.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of പഞ്ഞി | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | പഞ്ഞി (paññi) | പഞ്ഞികൾ (paññikaḷ) |
| Vocative | പഞ്ഞീ (paññī) | പഞ്ഞികളേ (paññikaḷē) |
| Accusative | പഞ്ഞിയെ (paññiye) | പഞ്ഞികളെ (paññikaḷe) |
| Dative | പഞ്ഞിയ്ക്ക് (paññiykkŭ) | പഞ്ഞികൾക്ക് (paññikaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | പഞ്ഞിയുടെ (paññiyuṭe) | പഞ്ഞികളുടെ (paññikaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | പഞ്ഞിയിൽ (paññiyil) | പഞ്ഞികളിൽ (paññikaḷil) |
| Sociative | പഞ്ഞിയോട് (paññiyōṭŭ) | പഞ്ഞികളോട് (paññikaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | പഞ്ഞിയാൽ (paññiyāl) | പഞ്ഞികളാൽ (paññikaḷāl) |
Derived terms
[edit]- പഞ്ഞിമരം (paññimaraṁ)
- പഞ്ഞിമിഠായി (paññimiṭhāyi)
- പഞ്ഞിമെത്ത (paññimetta)
Descendants
[edit]- → Portuguese: paina
References
[edit]- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “പഞ്ഞി”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “പഞ്ഞി”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “paññi”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/63504/
- https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%BF