"Malabar" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), first attested in the writings of Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (c. 11th century). The second element is Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”) or Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), and the first element is the same as the Byzantine Greek toponym Μαλέ (Malé), mentioned by traveller Cosmas Indicopleustes in the 5th century as a source of pepper exports, concording with modern-day pepper cultivation on the Malabar coast. Mala ~ Male is, in turn, borrowed from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”). This is also the source of the name of the language: മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ, literally “mountain place”). Compare Zanzibar for a possibly similar word formation. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|مَلَبَار}} Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), {{m+|ar|بَرّ||land, ground}} Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”), {{der|en|fa|بار|t=coast|tr=bâr}} Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), {{der|en|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{der|en|ml|മല||mountain}} Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Malabar
  1. A region in southwestern India, principally the modern state of Kerala. Categories (place): Places in India
    Sense id: en-Malabar-en-name-UMmyWkjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Derived forms: Malabar almond, Malabari, Malabar barbet, Malabar chestnut, Malabar Coast, Malabar creeper, Malabar flying frog, Malabar grey hornbill, Malabar itch, Malabar lark, Malabar nightshade, Malabar spinach, Malabar nut, Malabar pied hornbill, Malabar rat, Malabar starling, Malabar trogon, Malabar whistling thrush, Malabar woodshrike

Noun

Forms: Malabars [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), first attested in the writings of Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (c. 11th century). The second element is Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”) or Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), and the first element is the same as the Byzantine Greek toponym Μαλέ (Malé), mentioned by traveller Cosmas Indicopleustes in the 5th century as a source of pepper exports, concording with modern-day pepper cultivation on the Malabar coast. Mala ~ Male is, in turn, borrowed from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”). This is also the source of the name of the language: മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ, literally “mountain place”). Compare Zanzibar for a possibly similar word formation. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|مَلَبَار}} Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), {{m+|ar|بَرّ||land, ground}} Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”), {{der|en|fa|بار|t=coast|tr=bâr}} Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), {{der|en|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{der|en|ml|മല||mountain}} Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Malabar (plural Malabars)
  1. A native of Malabar.
    Sense id: en-Malabar-en-noun-Vqp~-Sqx

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Alternative forms

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