"Malayalam" meaning in English

See Malayalam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mæləˈjɑːləm/ [UK], /ˌmɑː.ləˈjɑː.ləm/ [US] Audio: en-us-Malayalam.ogg
Etymology: From Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ), from മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) + അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ml|മലയാളം}} Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Malayalam
  1. A Dravidian language spoken in the states of Kerala and Lakshadweep, India. Categories (topical): Languages, Writing systems Derived forms: Malayalamoid Related terms: Malabari Translations (language): ማላያላም (malayalam) (Amharic), اَلْمَالَيَالَام (al-malayalām) [masculine] (Arabic), մալայալամ (malayalam) (Armenian), মালয়ালম ভাষা (malẏalom bhaśa) (Bengali), malayalameg (Breton), malaiàlam [masculine] (Catalan), ᎹᎴᏯᎵ (maleyali) (Cherokee), 馬拉雅拉姆語 (Chinese Mandarin), 马拉雅拉姆语 (Mǎlāyǎlāmǔ-yǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), malajálamština [feminine] (Czech), malajalámský (Czech), malayalam (Danish), މަލަޔާޅަމް (malayāḷam̊) (Dhivehi), Malayalam [neuter] (Dutch), malajala lingvo (Esperanto), malajalam [neuter] (Faroese), malajalam (Finnish), malayalam [masculine] (French), მალაიალამი (malaialami) (Georgian), Malayalam [neuter] (German), Malajalam [neuter] (German), μαλαγιαλαμικά (malagialamiká) [neuter, plural] (Greek), מליילם (Hebrew), मलयालम (malayālam) (Hindi), malajálam (Hungarian), malayalam [masculine] (Italian), マラヤーラム語 (Marayāramu-go) (Japanese), ಮಲಯಾಳಂ (malayāḷaṃ) (Kannada), 말라얄람어 (Mallayallam-eo) (Korean), malajalių kalba (Lithuanian), малајалски (malajalski) [masculine] (Macedonian), Malayalam (Malay), bahasa Malayalam (Malay), മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ) (Malayalam), मलयाळम (malyāḷam) (Marathi), मल्याळी (malyāḷī) [feminine] (Marathi), малаялам (malajalam) (Moksha), malayalam [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), malayalam [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), malajalam [masculine] (Polish), malaiala [masculine] (Portuguese), малая́лам (malajálam) [masculine] (Russian), मलयाळम् (malayāḷam) (Sanskrit), малајалам језик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), malajalam jezik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), malajálamčina [feminine] (Slovak), malajalščina [feminine] (Slovene), malayalam [masculine] (Spanish), malabar [masculine] (Spanish), malayalam (Swedish), wikang Malayalam (Tagalog), மலையாளம் (malaiyāḷam) (Tamil), మలయాళ భాష (malayāḷa bhāṣa) (Telugu), ภาษามาลายาลัม (paasăa maalaayaalam) (Thai), ภาษามลยาฬัม (Thai), malayalam (Walloon)
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Alternative forms

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          "word": "մալայալամ"
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          "word": "ᎹᎴᏯᎵ"
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          "roman": "Mǎlāyǎlāmǔ-yǔ",
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          "word": "малаялам"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "language",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "малая́лам"
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          "code": "sa",
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          "roman": "malayāḷam",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          ],
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        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "malayalam"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
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          "word": "మలయాళ భాష"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "paasăa maalaayaalam",
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          "word": "ภาษามาลายาลัม"
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dhivehi translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
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        "Terms with Korean translations",
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        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "word": "մալայալամ"
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      "word": "মালয়ালম ভাষা"
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      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malayalameg"
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      "word": "malaiàlam"
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      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "maleyali",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ᎹᎴᏯᎵ"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "馬拉雅拉姆語"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mǎlāyǎlāmǔ-yǔ",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "马拉雅拉姆语"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "language",
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      "word": "malajálamština"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malajalámský"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malayalam"
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      "roman": "malayāḷam̊",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "މަލަޔާޅަމް"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "word": "Malayalam"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malajala lingvo"
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      "lang": "Faroese",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malajalam"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "malayalam"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "malaialami",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "მალაიალამი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language",
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      "word": "Malayalam"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "word": "Malajalam"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "μαλαγιαλαμικά"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "מליילם"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "language",
      "word": "मलयालम"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malajálam"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "malayalam"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Marayāramu-go",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "マラヤーラム語"
    },
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "malayāḷaṃ",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ಮಲಯಾಳಂ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Mallayallam-eo",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "말라얄람어"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malajalių kalba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "malajalski",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малајалски"
    },
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "Malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "bahasa Malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "malayāḷaṁ",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "മലയാളം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "malyāḷam",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "मलयाळम"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "malyāḷī",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "मल्याळी"
    },
    {
      "code": "mdf",
      "lang": "Moksha",
      "roman": "malajalam",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "малаялам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malajalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malaiala"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "malajálam",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малая́лам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "malayāḷam",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "मलयाळम्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "малајалам језик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malajalam jezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malajálamčina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "malajalščina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "malabar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "wikang Malayalam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "malaiyāḷam",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "மலையாளம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "malayāḷa bhāṣa",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "మలయాళ భాష"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "paasăa maalaayaalam",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ภาษามาลายาลัม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "ภาษามลยาฬัม"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "language",
      "word": "malayalam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Malayalam"
}

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