ഏഴ്

Malayalam
Malayalam numbers (edit)
70
 ←  6 7 8  → 
    Cardinal: ഏഴ് (ēḻŭ)
    Ordinal: ഏഴാം (ēḻāṁ)
    Sanskritic ordinal: സപ്തമ (saptama)
    Adjectival: എഴു- (eḻu-)
    Multiplier: സപ്ത (sapta)

Alternative forms
  • ഏഴു (ēḻu), ഏയ് (ēyŭ), ഏവു (ēvu), ഏഗ് (ēgŭ) — dialectal
  • യേഴ് (yēḻŭ) — colloquial

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ēẓ. Cognate with Kannada ಏಳು (ēḷu), Tamil ஏழு (ēḻu), Telugu ఏడు (ēḍu) and Tulu ಏಳ್ (ēḷŭ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eːɻə̆/
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Numeral

ഏഴ് • (ēḻŭ)

The numeral 7 in Malayalam
  1. seven (numeral: ൭).

References
  • Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ഏഴു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
  • Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ഏഴ്”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēr̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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