Where does “ലേലം” come from?

ലേലം (Malayalam) comes from Portuguese leilão, from Arabic إِعْلَام, from Arabic أَعْلَمَ — to inform.

ലേലം (Malayalam): auction

Definitions

  1. auction

Ancestry of “ലേലം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseleilãoauction
2Arabicإِعْلَامnotice, instruction
3Arabicأَعْلَمَto inform
Every word from Arabic أَعْلَمَ →Every word from Arabic إِعْلَام →Every word from Portuguese leilão →
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