Malabar

发音

UK /ˈmæləˌbɑː/
其它
US /ˈmæləˌbɑɹ/

词形变化

Malabars 复数 Malabars

别名

Malavar Malibar Melibar Mahabar Minibar Mallabar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A native of Malabar.

name
  1. 1.

    The region of coastal southwestern India, principally the modern state of Kerala.

    印度 历史
  2. 2.

    The Tamil language.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    A district of British India.

    印度 历史
  4. 4.

    A suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.

相关短语

Malabar flying frog Malabar spinach 木耳菜 Malabar nightshade Malabar itch Malabar chestnut Malabar Coast 马拉巴尔海岸（印度西南部沿海地区, 等于Malabar） Malabar nut Malabar flying frogs Malabar nuts Malabar nightshades Malabar chestnuts Malabar spinaches Malabar rat Malabar rats Malabar rites

词源

From Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), first attested in the writings of Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (c. 11th century). The second element is Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”) or Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), and the first element is the same as the Byzantine Greek toponym Μαλέ (Malé), 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. Mala ~ Male is, in turn, borrowed from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”). This is also the source of the name of the language: മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ, literally “mountain place”). Compare Zanzibar for a possibly similar word formation.

来源：wiktionary