Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mappila

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: map-pi-la
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the largest Muslim community in Kerala state, India.

Etymology

From Malayalam മാപ്പിള (māppiḷa).

Inflected Forms

Mappilas (plural) Mopla (alternative) Moplah (alternative)

Questions

What does mappila mean?: A member of the largest Muslim community in Kerala state, India.
Where does mappila come from?: From Malayalam മാപ്പിള (māppiḷa).

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