Where does “വേണാട്” come from?

വേണാട് (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam നാട്, from Proto-Dravidian nāṭu — state, province, district, kingdom.

വേണാട് (Malayalam): Venad, a medieval South Indian kingdom

Definitions

  1. Venad, a medieval South Indian kingdom

Ancestry of “വേണാട്”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamനാട്state, country, nation, kingdom
2Proto-Dravidiannāṭustate, province, district, kingdom

Words derived from “വേണാട്”

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