അര

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Malayalam

Malayalam numbers (edit)
20
[a], [b] ←  1 2
    Cardinal: രണ്ട് (raṇṭŭ)
    Ordinal: രണ്ടാം (raṇṭāṁ)
    Sanskritic ordinal: ദ്വിതീയ (dvitīya)
    Adjectival: ഇരു (iru), ഈർ- (īṟ-)
    Multiplier: ഇരട്ട (iraṭṭa), ഇരട്ടി (iraṭṭi), ദ്വി (dvi)
    Fractional: അര (ara), പകുതി (pakuti), പാതി (pāti)

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ಅರೆ (are), Tamil அரை (arai), Telugu అర (ara). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐɾɐ/
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Noun

അര • (ara)

  1. half, ½ (൴ (½) (archaic))
    Synonym: പകുതി (pakuti)
  2. waist, pelvic area of body
  3. middle
    Synonym: നടുക് (naṭukŭ)

Adjective

അര • (ara)

  1. Half (½, 50%)
    അരക്കിലോ
    arakkilō
    a half kilo
    അര നൂറ്റാണ്ട്
    ara nūṟṟāṇṭŭ
    half-century years

Verb

അര • (ara)

  1. grind

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