Malayalamn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmaləˈjɑːləm/, U.S.

/məˈleɪəˌlɑm/

Forms: 1800s Malayala, 1800s Malayalim, 1800s Malayalma, 1800s– Malayalam.

Origin: A borrowing from Malayalam. Etymon: Malayalam Malayāḷam.

Etymology: < Malayalam Malayāḷam the Malayalam region and language < Malayalam mala hill, mountain (compare Tamil malai) + āḷ person. Compare Malayam the area of the Western Ghats.With the form in quot. 1837 at sense A. (and that in quot. 1812 at sense A.) compare the French form maleama (1672).

A. n.

A Dravidian language, closely related to Tamil, spoken in the state of Kerala and adjacent parts of south-west India.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Elamo-Dravidian > [noun] > Dravidian > Tamil-Kodagu

Malayalam1814

Toda1939

1812 W. Marsden Gram. Malayan Lang. p. xxv The Sanskrit term Malaya..I think..will be found to belong exclusively to the mountainous region in the southern peninsula of India; known in the provincial dialect of the country by the name of Malayàlam, as is the language by that of Maleáima; all being derivatives from the word malé, signifying ‘a mountain’.]

1814 W. Carey Gram. Telinga Lang. p. i The languages of the south of India, i.e. The Telnga̱, Kurnata̱, Tamul, Malayala, and Cingalese.

1828 H. H. Wilson Mackenzie Coll. I. p. xlviii He [sc. Mr. Ellis] states also, that the Malayalam has never been cultivated as an independant literary language.

1837 H. Harkness Anc. & Mod. Alphabets Pop. Hindu Lang. p. i Under the head of Malayalma are also included the Characters of..Tuluva.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 419/2 The languages spoken..are..Malayalam in the west, and Canarese in the central plateau.

1908 T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 136 Malayālam, occupying a comparatively small area of the west or Malabar coast south of Mangalore.

1920 Public Opinion 26 Nov. 524/2 The curriculum..includes instruction in the following tongues..: Amharic..Malayalam..Melanesian, Nepali..Zulu.

1960 Universe 14 Apr. 24/2 Malayalam, a vernacular language of Southern India, was used for the first time as the liturgical language in an ordination in the Syro-Malabar rite at Ernakulam.

1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 8/4 He wrote in Malayalam, which is the mellifluous, if impossibly difficult language of Kerala.

1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 200 Malayalam, with the stress on the third syllable, is spoken on the Malabar (western) coast of extreme southern India.

1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 200 The English words teak, copra and atoll all come from Malayalam.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of, relating to, or designating this language or its speakers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Elamo-Dravidian > [adjective] > Dravidian > of specific Dravidian languages

Maler1811

Malayalam1826

Kanarese1838

Oraon1866

Tulu1873

Malto1884

Gond1936

1826 R. Heber Let. 18 Feb. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxvii. 378 Bishop Middleton originally contemplated the possibility of the Malayalim students in divinity..availing themselves of his college.

1828 H. H. Wilson Mackenzie Coll. I. p. xxxi One of the three treatises it was his [sc. Mr. Ellis's] intention to prepare on the Tamul, Telugu, and Malayalam languages.

1864 A. J. Arbuthnot (title) Malayalam selections.

1889 L. J. Frohnmeyer (title) A progressive grammar of the Malayalam language for Europeans.

1932 G. S. Ghurye Caste & Race in India i. 10 In the Tamil and Malayalam regions..sometimes the village is divided into three parts.

1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 8/4 His directness and his Malayalam-accented English were always irresistible.

1991 Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 18/4 Artists of the Malayalam film industry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	malayalam
释义	Malayalamn.adj. Brit. /ˌmaləˈjɑːləm/, U.S. /məˈleɪəˌlɑm/ Forms: 1800s Malayala, 1800s Malayalim, 1800s Malayalma, 1800s– Malayalam. Origin: A borrowing from Malayalam. Etymon: Malayalam Malayāḷam. Etymology: < Malayalam Malayāḷam the Malayalam region and language < Malayalam mala hill, mountain (compare Tamil malai) + āḷ person. Compare Malayam the area of the Western Ghats.With the form in quot. 1837 at sense A. (and that in quot. 1812 at sense A.) compare the French form maleama (1672). A. n. A Dravidian language, closely related to Tamil, spoken in the state of Kerala and adjacent parts of south-west India. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Elamo-Dravidian > [noun] > Dravidian > Tamil-Kodagu Malayalam1814 Toda1939 1812 W. Marsden Gram. Malayan Lang. p. xxv The Sanskrit term Malaya..I think..will be found to belong exclusively to the mountainous region in the southern peninsula of India; known in the provincial dialect of the country by the name of Malayàlam, as is the language by that of Maleáima; all being derivatives from the word malé, signifying ‘a mountain’.] 1814 W. Carey Gram. Telinga Lang. p. i The languages of the south of India, i.e. The Telnga̱, Kurnata̱, Tamul, Malayala, and Cingalese. 1828 H. H. Wilson Mackenzie Coll. I. p. xlviii He [sc. Mr. Ellis] states also, that the Malayalam has never been cultivated as an independant literary language. 1837 H. Harkness Anc. & Mod. Alphabets Pop. Hindu Lang. p. i Under the head of Malayalma are also included the Characters of..Tuluva. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 419/2 The languages spoken..are..Malayalam in the west, and Canarese in the central plateau. 1908 T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. 136 Malayālam, occupying a comparatively small area of the west or Malabar coast south of Mangalore. 1920 Public Opinion 26 Nov. 524/2 The curriculum..includes instruction in the following tongues..: Amharic..Malayalam..Melanesian, Nepali..Zulu. 1960 Universe 14 Apr. 24/2 Malayalam, a vernacular language of Southern India, was used for the first time as the liturgical language in an ordination in the Syro-Malabar rite at Ernakulam. 1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 8/4 He wrote in Malayalam, which is the mellifluous, if impossibly difficult language of Kerala. 1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 200 Malayalam, with the stress on the third syllable, is spoken on the Malabar (western) coast of extreme southern India. 1977 K. Katzner Langs. of World (U.K. ed.) ii. 200 The English words teak, copra and atoll all come from Malayalam. B. adj. (attributive). Of, relating to, or designating this language or its speakers. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Elamo-Dravidian > [adjective] > Dravidian > of specific Dravidian languages Maler1811 Malayalam1826 Kanarese1838 Oraon1866 Tulu1873 Malto1884 Gond1936 1826 R. Heber Let. 18 Feb. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxvii. 378 Bishop Middleton originally contemplated the possibility of the Malayalim students in divinity..availing themselves of his college. 1828 H. H. Wilson Mackenzie Coll. I. p. xxxi One of the three treatises it was his [sc. Mr. Ellis's] intention to prepare on the Tamul, Telugu, and Malayalam languages. 1864 A. J. Arbuthnot (title) Malayalam selections. 1889 L. J. Frohnmeyer (title) A progressive grammar of the Malayalam language for Europeans. 1932 G. S. Ghurye Caste & Race in India i. 10 In the Tamil and Malayalam regions..sometimes the village is divided into three parts. 1971 Leader (Durban) 7 May 8/4 His directness and his Malayalam-accented English were always irresistible. 1991 Hindu (Madras) 6 Dec. 18/4 Artists of the Malayalam film industry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1814
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