* Malayalam: Ayutham ( അയ ു ത ം)

Cassava, often referred to as tapioca in English, is called Kappa ( കപ ് പ ) Kizhangu or Poola ( in northern Kerala ) or Maracheeni or Cheeni or Kolli or Mathock ( മത ് ത ോ ക ് ക ്) in Malayalam.

Malayalam literature ( മലയ ാ ള സ ാ ഹ ി ത ് യ ം) comprises those literary texts written in Malayalam, a South-Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala.

Alternately, Thri-Shiva-Perur ( Malayalam: ത ് ര ി- ശ ി വ-പ േ ര ൂ ര ്‍) means the place with three famous Shiva temples which are said to be — the Vadakkunnathan Temple, Kottapuram Shiva temple and the Poonkunnam Siva Temple.

* Malayalam: അങ ് ങന െ യല ് ല ാ ത ാ യ ി ര ി ക ് ക ു മ ് പ ോ ള ൊ ക ് ക െ ത ് തന ് ന െ (' angnganeyallaathaayirikkumpOLokkeththanne ')

A pancharatna kriti (,,, Kannada: ಪ ಂ ಚರತ ್ ನ ಕ ೃ ತ ಿ, Malayalam: പഞ ് ചരത ് ന ക ൃ ത ി Sanskrit pancha-five & ratna-gem ) is one of a set of five kritis ( songs ) in Carnatic classical music, composed by the 19th century Indian composer, Tyagaraja.

It has several names in different languages, Jaswand in Marathi, ( Jaba ), Sembaruthi-ச ெ ம ் பர ு த ் த ி in Tamil,, Chemparathy-ച െ മ ് പരത ് ത ി in Malayalam, Mondaro in Oriya, Wada Mal in Sinhala, Mamdaram ( మ ం ద ా ర ం) in Telugu, Kembang Sepatu in Indonesia and Gumamela in Filipino.

In Kerala, horse gram, ( called മ ു ത ി ര ( Muthira ) in Malayalam which almost sounds like ക ു ത ി ര ( kuthira ), Malayalam word for horse ), is used in special kinds of dishes.

* Makara Sankaranti: (, Sanskrit: मकर स ं क ् र ा न ् त ि, Bengali: মকর স ং ক ্ র া ন ্ ত ি, Assamese: মকৰ স ং ক ্ র া ন ্ ত ি, Malayalam: മകര സ ാ ന ്‍ ക ് ര ാ ന ് ത ി, Tamil: த ை ப ் ப ொ ங ் கல ், Telugu: మకర స ం క ్ ర ాం త ి, Marathi: मकर स ं क ् र ा न ् त ि, Kannada: ಮಕರ ಸ ಂ ಕ ್ ರ ಾಂ ತ ಿ) or Sankranti or Sankranthi marks the transition of the Sun into Makara rashi ( Capricorn ) on its celestial path.

** Malayalam – ( ക ് ര ി സ ് ത ു ഉയ ി ര ്‍ ത ് ത െ ഴ ു ന ് ന േ റ ് റ ു!

Travancore-Cochin or Tiru-Kocci ( Malayalam: ത ി ര ു- ക ൊ ച ് ച ി) was a short lived former state of India ( 1949 – 1956 ).

Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML ) ( Malayalam: ഇന ് ത ് യൻ യ ൂ ണ ി യൻ മ ു സ ് ല ിം ല ീ ഗ ്) ( Commonly referred as the League ) is a state political party in the state of Kerala, India.

Chaitra ( Marathi च ै त ् र caitr, Hindi: च ै त ् र cait, Bengali: চ ৈ ত ্ র ( see Choitro ), Assamese: চ ' ত Kannada " ಚ ೈ ತ ್ ರ "," Chaitra ", Telugu: చ ై త ్ రమ ు chaitramu Tamil: ச ி த ் த ி ர ை chithirai, Malayalam: ച ൈ ത ് ര ം chaitram ) is a month of the Hindu calendar.

Ottamthullal or Ottanthullal ( Malayalam: ഓട ് ടന ്‍ ത ു ള ് ളല ്‍, pronounced ) is a type of performing art from Kerala, India.

The Mata Amritanandamayi Math ( MAM ) ( Sanskrit: म ा त ा अम ृ त ा नन ् दमय ी मठ ्) ( Malayalam: മ ാ ത ാ അമ ൃ ത ാ നന ് ദമയ ീ മഠ ്) is an international charitable organization aimed at the spiritual and material upliftment of humankind, without regard to caste, creed or religion.

There is, however, affiliation with Mappila Malayalam, especially of North Malabar, in words such as khabar or khabura ( grave ) and formations such as mayyatt āyi ( മയ ് യത ് ത ് ആയ ി) used by Muslims and śalōṃ āyi ( ശല ോം ആയ ി) used by Jews for died ( മര ി ച ് ച ു പ ോ യ ി, mariccu pōyi in standard Malayalam ).

* Deepavali Aashamsagal ( ദ ീ പ ാ വല ി ആശ ം സകള ്‍ ): Greeting in Malayalam.

East-Indian Lemon Grass ( Cymbopogon flexuosus ), also called Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass ( Malayalam: ഇഞ ് ച ി പ ് പ ു ല ് ല ്( inchippullu ), is native to Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand while the West-Indian lemon grass ( Cymbopogon citratus ) is native to maritime Southeast Asia.

* Malayalam: Kunni ; Kunnikkuru ( ക ു ന ് ന ി ക ് ക ു ര ു)

The word wootz may have been a mistranscription of wook, an anglicised version of urukke, the word for melting in Tamil and Malayalam or urukku ( உர ு க ் க ு) ( ഉര ു ക ് ക ു ക ൊ ണ ് ട ു ണ ് ട ാ ക ് ക ി യ ), the word for steel in Kannada, Telugu and many other southern Indian languages.

Vijayadashami ( Bengali: ব ি জয ়া দশম ী, Kannada: ವ ಿ ಜಯದಶಮ ಿ, Malayalam: വ ി ജയദശമ ി, Marathi: व ि जय ा दशम ी, Nepali: व ि जय ा दशम ी, Oriya: ବ ି ଜୟ ା ଦଶମ ୀ, Tamil: வ ி ஜயதசம ி, Telugu: వ ి జయదశమ ి) also known as Dasara, is one of the most important festivals celebrated in various forms, across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

* Malayalam: ശ ് ര ീ മത ി ( Śrīmati )

Pillai, Pillay, Pulle, Pilli or Pillaimar ( Tamil: ப ி ள ் ள ை, ப ி ள ் ள ை ம ா ர ்) ( Malayalam: പ ി ള ് ള ) is an upper caste title used by land owning caste of Tamil-and Malayalam-speaking people of India and others living in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa and Fiji, mostly from Vellalar and Nair communities.

*' Masala Vade ' ( Kannada ) ' Masala Vada ' ( Telugu ) ' Paruppu vadai ' ( Tamil: பர ு ப ் ப ு வட ை; Malayalam: പര ി പ ് പ ് വട ).

The curry tree ( Assamese: নৰস িং হ, Bengali: ক া র ী প া ত া, Sinhala: කරප ිං ච ා, Tamil: கர ு வ ே ப ் ப ி ல ை, Kannada: ಕರ ಿ ಬ ೇ ವ ು, Telugu: కర ి వ ే ప ా క ు, Malayalam: കറ ി വ േ പ ് പ ി ലOriya: ଭ ୃ ସଙ ୍ ଗ ପତ ୍ ର, Hindi: कर ी पत ् त ा, कड ़ी पत ् त ा, म ी ठ ा न ी म, म ी ठ ा न ी म पत ् त ा, Marathi: कढ ी ल िं ब, Gujarati: મ ી ઠ ો લ ી મડ ો, કર ી પત ્ ત ા, કડ ી પત ્ ત ા), Myanmar: ပ ျ ဉ ်း တ ော် သ ိ မ ်, ( Murraya koenigii ; syn.

Amaranth greens, also called Chau lai ( Hindi ) and Chu or Chua ( Kumauni ), Chinese spinach, hinn choy or yin tsoi (); callaloo, dhantinasoppu ( ದ ಂ ಟ ಿ ನ ಸ ೊ ಪ ್ ಪ ು) / harive ( ಹರ ಿ ವ ೆ) ( Kannada ); త ో టక ూ ర ( Telugu ); Rajgira ( र ा जग ी र ा) ( Marathi ); ம ு ள ை க ் க ீ ர ை ( Tamil ); cheera ച ീ ര ( Malayalam ); bayam ( Indonesian ); phak khom ผ ั กโขม ( Thai ); tampala, or quelite ( Oriya ); Khada Saga, are a common leaf vegetable throughout the tropics and in many warm temperate regions.

Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for " wheel " or " turning " ( चक ् र ं, pronounced in Hindi ; Pali: cakka चक ् क, Oriya: ଚକ ୍ ର, Malayalam: ചക ് ര ം, Thai: จ ั กระ, Telugu: చక ్ రo, Tamil: சக ் கரம ், Kannada: ಚಕ ್ ರ, Chinese: 輪 / 轮, pinyin: lún,, Wylie: khor lo ).

* Malayalam: ശ ് ര ീ

* Malayalam: ര ാ വണന ്‍ Raavanan

* Malayalam: ര ൂ പ rūpa

* ര ൂ പ ( rūpā ) in Malayalam

S. Ramachandran Pillai ( Malayalam: എസ ് ര ാ മചന ് ദ ് രൻ പ ി ള ് ള )( born February 7, 1938 ) is a communist politician from Kerala, India, Politburo member of the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) and General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha ( Peasants Union ).

Kingdom of Cochin ( also known as Perumpadappu Swaroopam, Mada-rajyam, Gosree Rajyam, or Kuru Swaroopam ; Malayalam: ക ൊ ച ് ച ി or പ െ ര ു മ ് പടപ ് പ ്‌ ) was a late medieval Hindu kingdom and later Princely State on the Malabar Coast, South India.

Paradesi Jews ( Malayalam: പരദ േ ശ ി യ െ ഹ ൂ ദന ്‍, Paradēśi Yehūdan ) are a community of Sephardic Jews settled among the larger Cochin Jewish community located in Kerala, a coastal southern state.

* Padunna Pisachu ( Malayalam: പ ാ ട ു ന ് നപ ി ശ ാ ച ്‌).

Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple ( Malayalam: ശ ് ര ീ പദ ് മന ാ ഭസ ് വ ാ മ ി ക ് ഷ േ ത ് ര ം, śṟī padmaṉābhasvāmi kṣētṟaṁ ) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Thiruvananthapuram, India.

The Sri Adikesavaperumal Temple ( Malayalam: ശ ് ര ീ ആദ ി ക േ ശവപ െ ര ു മ ാ ള ്‍ ക ് ഷ േ ത ് ര ം) is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvattar, India and is one of the 108 Divya desams, the holy sites of Hindu Vaishnavism.

Mahabali ( IAST: Mahābalī, Devanagari: मह ा बल ी, Malayalam: മ ാ വ േ ല ി, മഹ ാ ബല ി, ) also known as Bali or Māveli was a benevolent Asura King, and the grandson of Prahlada in Indian mythology.

* Malayalam േ യ ാ ഹന ് ന ാ Yōhannā

Devan Nair Chengara Veetil, also known as C. V. Devan Nair ( Malayalam: < big > ദ േ വന ്‍ ന ാ യര ്‍</ big >) ( August 5, 1923 – December 6, 2005 ), was the third President of Singapore and was elected by Parliament on October 23, 1981.

The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre ( VSSC )( Hindi: व ि क ् रम स ा र ा भ ा ई अ ं तर ि क ् ष क ें द ् र, Malayalam: വ ി ക ് ര ം സ ാ ര ാ ഭ ാ യ ് ബഹ ി ര ാ ക ാ ശക േ ന ് ദ ് ര ം) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme.

Jalebi, or Jilawii ( and sometimes Jalibi ) (; ಜ ಿ ಲ ೇ ಬ ಿ Kannada ; Nepali ज ि ल ् फ ी/ ज े र ी; ; Malayalam: ജ ി ല േ ബ ി; ; Marathi: ज ि ल े ब ी/ ज ि लब ी; Sinhala: ප ැ ණ ි වළල ු; jalebī ; jilapi ; źəlobəi ; Persian: زولبیا zulbia ; Arabic: زلابية zalabiyah ) is a sweet popular in countries of the Indian Subcontinent such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh as well as many other countries in the Middle East and North Africa, like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia and Morocco

* Devageetha ( Malayalam: ദ േ വഗ ീ ത, 1945 ).

Venad Swarupam ( Kingdom of Quilon ) ( Vēṇāṭ, Malayalam: വ േ ണ ാ ട ്, Tamil: வ ே ந ா ட ு) was one of the three prominent late medieval Hindu feudal kingdoms on Malabar Coast, south India, along with Kingdom of Calicut and Kingdom of Cannanore.

Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering ( In Malayalam തങ ് ങൾ ക ു ഞ ് ഞ ് മ ു സല ി യ ാ ർ എഞ ് ച ി ന ീ യറ ി ങ ് ങ ് ക ോ ള േ ജ ് ) or TKMCE, founded in 1958, is the first government aided engineering institution in the private sector in the state of Kerala, India.

Temples are known as Mandir ( म ं द ि र ) in Marathi and Hindi, Gudi ( గ ు డ ి), Devalayam ( ద ే వ ా లయ ం), Devasthanam ( ద ే వస ్ థ ా నమ ు), Kshetralayam ( క ్ ష ే త ్ ర ా లయ ం), Punyakshetram ( ప ు ణ ్ యక ్ ష ే త ్ ర ం), or Punyakshetralayam ( ప ు న ్ యక ్ ష ే త ్ ర ా లయ ం) in Telugu, as Deula ( ଦ େ ଉଳ )/ Mandira ( ମଦ ି ର ) in Oriya, Devasthana ( ದ ೇ ವಸ ್ ಥ ಾ ನ ) in Kannada and Mondir ( মন ্ দ ি র ) in Bengali, as Kshetram ( ക ് ഷ േ ത ് ര ം) or Ambalam ( അമ ് പല ം) in Malayalam.

Sethurama Iyer CBI ( Malayalam: സ േ ത ു ര ാ മയ ് യര ്‍ സ ി ബ ി ഐ ) is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by K Madhu, written by S. N. Swami, and starring Mammootty, Mukesh and Jagathy Sreekumar.