മലയാളം

Malayalam

Etymology

Compound of മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) +‎ അളം (aḷaṃ, “place”). Alternatively, മല (mala, “mountain”) +‎ ആൾ (āḷ, “person”) +‎ -അം (-aṃ).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɐlɐjaːɭɐm/
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Proper noun

മലയാളം • (malayāḷaṃ)

  1. Malayalam language

References
  1. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 21.
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