മലയാളം
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Malayalam
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Compound of മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) + അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”). Alternatively, മല (mala, “mountain”) + ആൾ (āḷ, “person”) + -അം (-aṁ).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]മലയാളം • (malayāḷaṁ)
- the Malayalam language
- Synonyms: മലയാഴ്മ (malayāḻma), കൈരളി (kairaḷi)
- Coordinate terms: മണിപ്രവാളം (maṇipravāḷaṁ), നമ്പ്യാർ തമിഴ് (nampyāṟ tamiḻŭ), മുത്തമിഴ് (muttamiḻŭ), ദ്രാവിഡം (drāviḍaṁ)
References
[edit]- ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “മലയാളം”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “മലയാളം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.