ദീവാളി
Malayalam
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Marathi दिवाळे (divāḷe) or Hindi देवाला (devālā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editദീവാളി • (dīvāḷi)
References
edit- Godavarma, K. (1946) “ദീവാളി”, in Indo-Aryan loanwords in Malayalam, Thiruvanathapuram: Head of department of Malayalam, page 17
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ദീവാളി”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., page 506