മല
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Hills
Malayalam
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Cognate with Kannada ಮಲೆ (male), Tamil மலை (malai), Tulu ಮಲೆ್ (malæ), Telugu మల (mala), Dhivehi މަލަ (mala), Brahui مَش (maś) and Sanskrit मलय (malaya).
Pronunciation
Noun
മല • (mala)
Usage notes
- The term മല (mala) is usually used to refer to hills of much higher altitude than those the term കുന്ന് (kunnŭ) refer to.
Declension
| Declension of മല | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | മല (mala) | മലകൾ (malakaḷ) |
| Vocative | മലേ (malē) | മലകളേ (malakaḷē) |
| Accusative | മലയെ (malaye) | മലകളെ (malakaḷe) |
| Dative | മലയ്ക്ക് (malaykkŭ) | മലകൾക്ക് (malakaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | മലയുടെ (malayuṭe) | മലകളുടെ (malakaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | മലയിൽ (malayil) | മലകളിൽ (malakaḷil) |
| Sociative | മലയോട് (malayōṭŭ) | മലകളോട് (malakaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | മലയാൽ (malayāl) | മലകളാൽ (malakaḷāl) |
Derived terms
- മലഞ്ചെരുവ് (malañceruvŭ)
- മലനാട് (malanāṭŭ)
- മലപ്പുറം (malappuṟaṁ)
- മലബാർ (malabāṟ)
- മലമുഴക്കി (malamuḻakki)
- മലമ്പാത (malampāta)
- മലമ്പാമ്പ് (malampāmpŭ)
- മലമ്പ്രദേശം (malampradēśaṁ)
- മലയാണ്മ (malayāṇma)
- മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ)
- മലയിടുക്ക് (malayiṭukkŭ)
- മലയോരം (malayōraṁ)
- മലവെള്ളം (malaveḷḷaṁ)
- മീശപ്പുലിമല (mīśappulimala)
- ശബരിമല (śabarimala)
Descendants
References
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “മല”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “മല”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “mala”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/68436/