Malayalam Dictionaryമലയാളം നിഘണ്ടു

നുഴമ്പ്

nuzhampu nuḻampŭ /n̪uɻɐmpɨ/

proper noun · സംജ്ഞാനാമം

mosquito

  1. gnat; Any of the tiny flying dipterid insects in the suborder Nematocera.

  2. mosquito

Forms

alternative നുളമ്പ്

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nuẓVḷ. Cognate with Kannada ನೊಣ (noṇa, “fly”), Kumarbhag Paharia नुतॊ (“gnat”), Tamil நுளம்பு (nuḷampu, “a gnat”).

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