Malayalam Dictionaryമലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു

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kaathmaandu kāṭhmāṇḍu /kaːʈ(ʰ)maːɳɖu/

noun · നാമം

Kathmandu, the capital and the largest city of Nepal.

  1. Kathmandu, the capital and the largest city of Nepal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi काठमांडू (kāṭhmāṇḍū), form Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u, “Kathmandu”), in turn from Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”).

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