മഞ്ഞൾ

Malayalam

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /mɐɲɲɐɭ/

Noun

മഞ്ഞൾ • (maññaḷ)

Turmeric rhizomes

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

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

കസ്തൂരിമഞ്ഞൾ (kastūrimaññaḷ)
കാട്ടുമഞ്ഞൾ (kāṭṭumaññaḷ)
മഞ്ഞളിക്കുക (maññaḷikkuka)
മഞ്ഞൾപ്പൊടി (maññaḷppoṭi)
വരട്ടുമഞ്ഞൾ (varaṭṭumaññaḷ)

References

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

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