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kalarippayattu

/ˈkɑ.ləɹ.iˈpaɪ.ə.tu/

kalarippayattu noun: a Dravidian martial art from the Indian state of Kerala.

Noun

kalarippayattu (uncountable)

  1. A Dravidian martial art from the Indian state of Kerala.
    • Like karate, for instance, which would appear to derive from the ancient Indian martial art kalarippayattu.2008 May 18, Phoebe Eaton, “Liquid Assets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

kalarippayattu meaning in Malayalam

kalarippayattu in Malayalam

kalarippayattu; the traditional martial art of Kerala
കളരി kaḷari

Origin of kalarippayattu

Borrowed from Malayalam കളരിപ്പയറ്റ് (kaḷarippayaṟṟŭ).

Questions about kalarippayattu

What does kalarippayattu mean?
Kalarippayattu means a Dravidian martial art from the Indian state of Kerala.
What is kalarippayattu in Malayalam?
Kalarippayattu in Malayalam is കളരി (kaḷari). See Kalarippayattu meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is kalarippayattu?
Kalarippayattu is a noun.
How do you pronounce kalarippayattu?
Kalarippayattu is pronounced /ˈkɑ.ləɹ.iˈpaɪ.ə.tu/.

Words near kalarippayattu in the dictionary

  1. Kalapuya
  2. Kalapuyan
  3. Kalapuyans
  4. Kalapuyas
  5. kalar
  6. kalarippayattu
  7. Kalaru
  8. Kalas
  9. kalasa
  10. Kalasan
  11. kalasas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kalarippayattu (page history and authors); കളരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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