Where does “ഗോഡൗൺ” come from?

ഗോഡൗൺ (Malayalam) comes from English godown, from Malay gudang, from Tamil கிடங்கு, from Tamil கிட — to lie, lie down, as in sleep, in inactivity.

ഗോഡൗൺ (Malayalam): godown

Definitions

  1. godown

Ancestry of “ഗോഡൗൺ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgodownA warehouse
2Malaygudangwarehouse; A place for storing large amounts of...
3Tamilகிடங்குstore room
4Tamilகிடto lie, lie down, as in sleep, in inactivity
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