ആവ്
Malayalam edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Alternative forms edit
- ആക് (ākŭ)
Verb edit
ആവ് • (āvŭ)
- imperative of ആവുക (āvuka)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ā (“cow”)
Noun edit
ആവ് • (āvŭ)
- cow; An adult female of the species Bos taurus, commercially kept for their milk.
References edit
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ആവ്”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ആവ്”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/87086