| 单词 |
Malayali |
| 释义 |
Malayali|mæləˈjɑːlɪ|
Also Malayalee.
[Native name, f. Dravidian mala mountain + āḷ possess.]
A member of a Malayalam-speaking people inhabiting the state of Kerala on the Malabar coast of southern India. Cf. Malayalam. Also attrib.
1856R. Caldwell Compar. Gram. Dravidian Lang. 491 The higher castes are styled ‘Hindus’, or else ‘Tamilians’, ‘Malayâlis’, &c., according to their language and nation. 1889L. J. Frohnmeyer Progressive Gram. Malayalam Lang. p. xii, The Malayalees have not a few Folk Songs. Ibid. xvi. 133 The Malayali..prefers to divide in two or three activities, what Europeans would express by one Verb. 1928Chambers's Jrnl. XVIII. 244/1 Chetwynd managed to hold the Malayalees together for another three days. 1961P. Spear India vii. 91 The southern Dravidian people were articulated in four groups..the Tamils,..the Telugus or Andhras,..the Malayalis along the west coast in the modern state of Kerala; and the Kanaras. 1971Hindustan Times Weekly Rev. (New Delhi) 4 Apr. p. iv/5 We celebrate both Malayali and Bengali festivals. |
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