Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala on the Malabar Coast of southwest India.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The language of Malabar, in southwestern India: it is a Dravidian dialect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
Dravidian language spoken in the states ofKerala andLakshadweep ,India .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Literary Association of North America (LANA) is an association of writers who write in Malayalam, the language of Kerala, the state with 100% literacy in India.
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Movies in Hindi, Malayalam, German, French and other languages are available not only within a particular geography, but across the network on all flights.
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Movies in Hindi, Malayalam, German, French and other languages are available not only within a particular geography, but across the network on all flights.
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May be Malayalam is nasal so I didn't figure out and am blank about Tamil.
P for PuranpoLi and PuranpoLi for P Anjali 2007
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Just so you know, the capital L sound is found in Malayalam and Tamil as well.
P for PuranpoLi and PuranpoLi for P Anjali 2007
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The next V vegetable is the okra, called Vendakka in Malayalam, the language of Kerala, and Vendakai in Tamil, the language of Tamil Nadu.
Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007
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Ulli is shallot in Malayalam, the language of the Indian state of Kerala.
Archive 2007-06-01 Nupur 2007
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And when that happens you end up with a $ 65 snakegourd (known as padavalanga in Malayalam).
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It was green all around and there were small patches of ginger, numerous okra plants, long beans called ‘achinga’ in Malayalam and so many things to see and enjoy.
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And when that happens you end up with a $ 65 snakegourd (known as padavalanga in Malayalam).
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