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പ്രവാളം

pravaalam pravāḷaṁ /prɐʋaːɭɐm/

Also spelled: pravalam

Meaning in English

coral sprout, shoot, bud

noun · നാമം

Definition

Meaning and examples

  1. coral

    കടലിൽ പ്രവാളം കണ്ടു. kaṭalil pravāḻam kaṇṭu. “Coral was seen in the sea.”

  2. stem of a guitar or veena

  3. sprout, shoot, bud

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्रवाल (pravāla). Doublet of പവിഴം (paviḻaṁ). Compare Marathi पवळ (pavaḷ).

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