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kamalam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ka-malam
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of dragonfruit, pitaya, pitahaya (a fruit)

Indian usage

Etymology

From Sanskrit कमलम् (kamalam), from कमल (kamala, “lotus”). Coined by the government of Gujarat, from looking like a lotus blossom, since they did not like the term dragon fruit.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: कमलम्

Usage

Inflected Forms

kamalams (plural)

Synonyms

dragonfruit pitaya pitahaya

Questions

What does kamalam mean?
Synonym of dragonfruit, pitaya, pitahaya (a fruit)
Where does kamalam come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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