Where does “Malwa” come from?

Malwa comes from Sanskrit मालव, a region name of unknown original meaning.

Malwa (English): A natural region in west-central northern India occupying a volcanic region of Vindhya range, the Malwa plateau

Definitions

  1. A natural region in west-central northern India occupying a volcanic region of Vindhya range, the Malwa plateau

Ancestry of “Malwa”, step by step

Malwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Malve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMalvemallow
2Latinmalvamallow

via Hindi मालवा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiमालवा—
2SanskritमालवName of a country; a prince of the मालवs; a...

Words derived from “Malwa”

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