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ചണം

chanam caṇaṁ /t͡ʃaɳam/

noun · നാമം

Fibre from this plant.

  1. jute; one among the tropical plants Corchorus olitorius and Corchorus capsularis which yield strong but coarse fibres used to make mats, gunny bags etc.

  2. Fibre from this plant.

Forms

the word ചണം
of / belonging to ചണത്തിന്റെ
to / for ചണത്തിന്
as the object ചണത്തിനെ
in / at ചണത്തിൽ
with ചണത്തോടു
by / using ചണമാൽ
more than one ചണങ്ങൾ

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit शण (śaṇa, “hemp”). Cognate with Kannada ಸೆಣಬು (seṇabu), Tamil சணல் (caṇal) and Telugu జనపనార (janapanāra).

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