മല

(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).

• IPA^(key): /mɐlɐ/

മല • (mala)

Hills

1. hill; An elevated landmass.

   Synonyms: കുന്ന് (kunnŭ), കുന്നം (kunnaṁ)

2. mountain

   Synonym: പർവ്വതം (paṟvvataṁ)

• The term മല (mala) is usually used to refer to hills of much higher altitude than those the term കുന്ന് (kunnŭ) refer to.

• → Byzantine Greek: Μαλέ (Malé, “Malabar”)
• ⇒ Arabic: مَلَبَار (malabār, “Malabar”)
  • → Classical Persian: مَلَبَار (malabār)
    • → Urdu: مَلَبَار (malabār)
  • → English: Malabar
    • → Russian: Малабар (Malabar)

• 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/