Malayalam lexicon(eight volumes published)
Subtitle: a comprehensive Malayalam-Malayalam-English dictionary on historical and philological principles
Publisher: University of Kerala
Published: Vol.I-1965.Vol.II-1970. Vol.III-1976. Vol.VIII-2009
Place of publication: Trivandrum
Subjects: Language
Genres: Dictionary
Description: Malayalam Lexicon is the greatest organised lexicographic venture ever undertaken in a modern Indian language. Entry word with transliteration in Roman script, phonological and orthographic variants, cognates from different Dravidian languages, etymological indication of loan words, morphological composition, grammatical category, meaning in Malayalam and English, extra-linguistic information, polysemy represented as numbered items, synonyms, citations arranged chronologically, classification of verbs, tense forms, derivation of gender from bases, restrictive labels, zoological and botanical terms in italics, cross reference-phonological and semantic, indication of homonymy, usages, idioms,proverbs, indication of dialects, authoritative references and many more features make this a unique dictionary.
Notes: Copies can be had from: Department of publications, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram-695034. Tel:0471 2306422 Ext.364, 365.
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