മഞ്ഞൾ
Malayalam edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Kannada ಮಂಜಳು (mañjaḷu), Kodava ಮಂಜ (mañja), Tamil மஞ்சள் (mañcaḷ) and Tulu ಮಂಜಳ್ (mañjaḷŭ). Doublet of മഞ്ഞ (mañña). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
മഞ്ഞൾ • (maññaḷ)
- turmeric, Curcuma longa, a tropical plant in the ginger family which yields a rhizome with yellow insides.
- turmeric spice, obtained by pulverizing the rhizome of turmeric plant, used widely in India for flavoring food or as an auspicious spice.
Declension edit
| Declension of മഞ്ഞൾ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | മഞ്ഞൾ (maññaḷ) | മഞ്ഞളുകൾ (maññaḷukaḷ) |
| Vocative | മഞ്ഞളേ (maññaḷē) | മഞ്ഞളുകളേ (maññaḷukaḷē) |
| Accusative | മഞ്ഞളിനെ (maññaḷine) | മഞ്ഞളുകളെ (maññaḷukaḷe) |
| Dative | മഞ്ഞളിന് (maññaḷinŭ) | മഞ്ഞളുകൾക്ക് (maññaḷukaḷkkŭ) |
| Genitive | മഞ്ഞളിന്റെ (maññaḷinṟe) | മഞ്ഞളുകളുടെ (maññaḷukaḷuṭe) |
| Locative | മഞ്ഞളിൽ (maññaḷil) | മഞ്ഞളുകളിൽ (maññaḷukaḷil) |
| Sociative | മഞ്ഞളിനോട് (maññaḷinōṭŭ) | മഞ്ഞളുകളോട് (maññaḷukaḷōṭŭ) |
| Instrumental | മഞ്ഞളിനാൽ (maññaḷināl) | മഞ്ഞളുകളാൽ (maññaḷukaḷāl) |
Derived terms edit
- കസ്തൂരിമഞ്ഞൾ (kastūrimaññaḷ)
- കാട്ടുമഞ്ഞൾ (kāṭṭumaññaḷ)
- മഞ്ഞളിക്കുക (maññaḷikkuka)
- മഞ്ഞൾപ്പൊടി (maññaḷppoṭi)
- വരട്ടുമഞ്ഞൾ (varaṭṭumaññaḷ)
References edit
- Gundert, Hermann (1872) “maññaḷ”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
- Warrier, M. I. (2008) “മഞ്ഞൾ”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “maññaḷ”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/67367/
- Kailash Nath (2019) “മഞ്ഞൾ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary