അളം

Malayalam

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɐɭɐm/
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Etymology 1

Cognate with Tamil அளம் (aḷam). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

അളം • (aḷaṁ)

salt pan; salt evaporation pond

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ('ālam), from Arabic عَالَم (ʕālam). Doublet of ആലം (ālaṁ)

Noun

അളം • (aḷaṁ) (archaic)

place
-ship as in township
world

Derived terms

അകത്തളം (akattaḷaṁ)
കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ)
കോവളം (kōvaḷaṁ)
പന്തളം (pantaḷaṁ)
മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ)

References

Gundert, Hermann (1872) “അളം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/35105/

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