ഓണം

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Malayalam

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Prakrit (sāvaṇa), from Sanskrit श्रावण (śrāvaṇa); loaned as sāvaṇa > āvaṇa > ōṇam.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːɳɐm/
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Noun

ഓണം (ōṇaṁ)

  1. Onam, a harvest festival celebrated in Kerala, India.
    Synonym: തിരുവോണം (tiruvōṇaṁ)
  2. each of the four main days of Onam festival
  3. (astrology) an astrology star in Malayalam language

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “12699”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press