Malayalam Dictionaryമലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു

ഞണ്ട്

njantu ñaṇṭŭ /ɲɐɳɖɨ/

noun · നാമം

meat of a crab served as food.

  1. crab, a crustacean belonging to the infraorder Brachyura with a carapace and five pairs of legs, two of which serve as claws.

  2. meat of a crab served as food.

Forms

alternative നളിര്

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yaṇṭ-. Cognate with Kannada ಏಡಿ (ēḍi), Kodava ಞಂಡು (ñaṇḍu) Tamil நண்டு (naṇṭu), Telugu ఎండ్రకాయ (eṇḍrakāya) and Tulu ದೆಂಜಿ (deñji).

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