Malayalam en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmɑː.ləˈjɑː.ləm/ (General-American)
- /ˌmʌl.əˈjɑː.ləm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmɐ.lɐ.ˈjɑː.ɭɐm/ (India)
- /ˌmæl.əˈjɑː.ləm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ), from മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) + അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”).
Meanings
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A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep in India.
Padmanabhan uttered a command in Malayalam, the regional language.
2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2014:
Deriveds
Relateds
Malabari · Wiktionary’s coverage of Malayalam terms
Translations (57)
ga Mailéalaimis (language) · nb malayalam (language) · lt malajalių kalba (language) · fi malajalam (language) · te మలయాళ భాష (language) · ru малая́лам (language) · dv މަލަޔާޅަމް (language) · cs malajalámský (language) · mr मलयाळम (language) · pt malaiala (language) · sh малајалам језик (language) · pl malajalam (language) · sk malajálamčina (language) · hu malajálam (language) · el μαλαγιαλαμικά (language) · hy մալայալամ (language) · sh malajalam jezik (language) · cs malajálamština (language) · ms Malayalam (language) · eo malajala lingvo (language) · kn ಮಲಯಾಳಂ (language) · cmn 馬拉雅拉姆語 /马拉雅拉姆语 (language) · ml മലയാളം (language) · it malayalam (language) · wa malayalam (language) · chr ᎹᎴᏯᎵ (language) · br malayalameg (language) · ms bahasa Malayalam (language) · cy Malaialam (language) · fo malajalam (language) · th ภาษามลยาฬัม (language) · tl wikang Malayalam (language) · he מליילם (language) · sa मलयाळम् (language) · bn মালয়ালম ভাষা (language) · ko 말라얄람어 (language) · ja マラヤーラム語 (language) · nn malayalam (language) · mdf малаялам (language) · es malayalam (language) · mr मल्याळी (language) · ar الْمَلَيَالَمِيَّة (language) · th ภาษามาลายาลัม (language) · de Malajalam (language) · es malabar (language) · fr malayalam (language) · sl malajalščina (language) · da malayalam (language) · de Malayalam (language) · sv malayalam (language) · am ማላያላም (language) · nl Malayalam (language) · ta மலையாளம் (language) · hi मलयालम (language) · mk малајалски (language) · ca malaiàlam (language) · ka მალაიალამი (language)