Where does “മഞ്ഞപ്പൊടി” come from?

മഞ്ഞപ്പൊടി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam മഞ്ഞൾ — turmeric, Curcuma longa, a tropical plant in the ginger family which yields a rhizome with yellow insides.

മഞ്ഞപ്പൊടി (Malayalam): turmeric powder

Definitions

  1. turmeric powder

Ancestry of “മഞ്ഞപ്പൊടി”, step by step

മഞ്ഞപ്പൊടി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam മഞ്ഞൾ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമഞ്ഞൾturmeric, Curcuma longa, a tropical plant in the ginger family which yields a rhizome with yellow insides

via Malayalam പൊടി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamപൊടിdust
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