Malayalam

See also: malayalam

English

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.

Translations

See also
  • Malabari
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Malayalam terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ).

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

Proper noun

Malayalam n

  1. Malayalam

German

Alternative forms
  • Malajalam

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
  • Judäo-Malayalam
  • Malayalam-Ära
  • Malayalam-Dichter
  • Malayalam-Film
  • Malayalam-Gedichtsammlung
  • Malayalam-Grammatik
  • Malayalam-Kalender
  • Malayalam-Kino
  • Malayalam-Literatur
  • Malayalam-Phonologie
  • Malayalam-Schauspieler
  • Malayalam-Schrift
  • Malayalam-Sprachgebiet
  • Malayalam-sprachig
  • Malayalam-Sprecher
  • Malayalam-Wort
  • malayalamsprachig
  • Tamil-Malayalam
  • Telugu- und Malayalam-Kino

Malay

Etymology

From Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [malajalam]
  • Rhymes: -alam, -lam, -am

Noun

Malayalam

  1. Malayalam
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