ഏഴ്

Malayalam

Malayalam numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ഏഴ് (ēḻŭ)     Ordinal: ഏഴാം (ēḻāṁ)     Sanskritic ordinal: സപ്തമ (saptama)     Adjectival: എഴു- (eḻu-)     Multiplier: സപ്ത (sapta)

Alternative forms

• ഏഴു (ēḻu), ഏയ് (ēyŭ), ഏവു (ēvu), ഏഗ് (ēgŭ) — dialectal
• യേഴ് (yēḻŭ) — colloquial

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ēẓ. Cognate with Kannada ಏಳು (ēḷu), Tamil ஏழு (ēḻu), Telugu ఏడు (ēḍu) and Tulu ಏಳ್ (ēḷŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːɻɨ̆/

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Numeral

ഏഴ് • (ēḻŭ)

The numeral 7 in Malayalam

1. seven (numeral: ൭).

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ഏഴു”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ഏഴ്”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “ēr̤u”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.