Borrowed from Sanskrit मल्ल (malla).
മല്ല് • (mallŭ)
- strength
- fight
- wrestling
- Godavarma, K. (1946) “മല്ല്”, in Indo-Aryan loanwords in Malayalam, Thiruvanathapuram: Head of department of Malayalam, page 22
- Kailash Nath (2019) “മല്ല്”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary