അവീൻ

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Malayalam

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian افیون, from Arabic أَفْيُون (ʔafyūn). Cognate with Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm), Kannada ಅಫೀಮು (aphīmu), Bengali আফিম (aphim), Marathi अफू (aphū), Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Telugu అభిని (abhini), Tamil அபினி (apiṉi).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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അവീൻ (avīṉ)

  1. opium
    Synonym: കറുപ്പ് (kaṟuppŭ)