Malabar

malabar English thumb|right|200px|Malabar as a name for SW India generally on a 1774 map thumb|right|200px|Malabar District under the British Raj Alternative forms en Malavar Malibar Melibar Mahabar Minibar obsolete Etymology en ar مَلَبَار, first attested in the writings of Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (c. 11th century).Arab relations with the Malabar coast from 9th to 16th centuries K. M. Mohamed Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 1999 60 226 https://www.jstor.org/stable/44144090Jewish Malayalam in Southern India Ophira Gamliel 357 Languages in Jewish Communities, Past and Present Benjamin Hary and Sarah Bunin Benor De Gruyter 2018 The second element is either from en ar بَرّ land, ground or from en fa-cls بَار coast, and the first element is the same as the en gkm - toponym grc Μαλέ (itself in turn en ml മല 1), mentioned by traveller Cosmas Indicopleustes in the 5th century as a source of pepper exports, concording with modern-day pepper cultivation on the Malabar coast.The World According to Cosmas Indicopleustes—Concepts and Illustrations of an Alexandrian Merchant and Monk Stefan Faller The Journal of Transcultural Studies 2011 2 1 https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/6127/2962 https://web.archive.org/web/20251007150947/https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/6127/2962 7 October 2025 en Mala ~ en Male is, in turn, borrowed from en ml മല mountain. This is also the source of the name of the language: ml മലയാളം mountain place. Compare en Zanzibar for a possibly similar word formation. Pronunciation en /ˈmæləˌbɑː/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malabar.wav Southern England en /ˈmæləˌbɑɹ/ GA Proper noun en India chiefly _ historical en region of coastal southwestern c/India The, principally the modern state of Kerala. en obsolete The Tamil language. en India historical en district c/British India. en suburb of city/Sydney in the carea/Randwick s/New South Wales c/Australia. Synonyms en Malabar Coast Derived terms en Malabarese Malabarian Malabaric Malabarish Malabar marking-nut tree Malabar almond Malabar barbet Malabar chestnut Malabar Coast Malabar creeper Malabar flying frog Malabar gourd Malabar grey hornbill Malabari Malabar itch Malabar lark Malabar nightshade Malabar nut Malabar giant squirrel Malabar pied hornbill Malabar rat Malabar spinach Malabar starling Malabar trogon Malabar whistling thrush Malabar woodshrike Noun A native of Malabar. en 1883 Ernst Haeckel India and Ceylon 50 The Singhalese dialect seems to have sprung from the Pali language, while the Malabars speak the entirely dissimilar Tamil language. Translations native of Malabar Descendants hi मालाबार मलाबार 1 ru Малабар 1 References Anagrams en aaablmr Barlaam