Malayalam

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English

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Etymology

From Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ), from മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) + അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mæləˈjɑːləm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɑː.ləˈjɑː.ləm/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Proper noun

Malayalam

  1. A Dravidian language spoken in the states of Kerala and Lakshadweep, India.
    • 2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker:
      Padmanabhan uttered a command in Malayalam, the regional language.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Malayalam n

  1. Malayalam

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malayalam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /malaˈjaːlam/, /malajaˈlaːm/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Malayalam n (proper noun, strong, genitive Malayalam or Malayalams)

  1. Malayalam (language)

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ).

Pronunciation

Noun

Malayalam

  1. Malayalam
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