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Borrowed from Hindi मड्डी (maḍḍī).
മട്ടി • (maṭṭi)
- sediment, dregs
- fool
- side
- Godavarma, K. (1946) “മട്ടി”, in Indo-Aryan loanwords in Malayalam, Thiruvanathapuram: Head of department of Malayalam, page 23
- Kailash Nath (2019) “മട്ടി”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary