ആഡംബരം

Malayalam

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ആഡമ്ബര (āḍambara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːɖɐmbɐɾɐm/
• Hyphenation: ആ‧ഡം‧ബ‧രം
• Rhymes: -ɐm

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Noun

ആഡംബരം • (āḍambaraṁ)

1. luxury (something pleasant but not necessary in life)

Further reading

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ആഡംബരം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., page 77
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ആഡംബരം”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books, page 120