The story
- Arabic · derived fromقليقوط“qālīqūṭ”
- Malayalam · derived fromകോഴിക്കോട്
- Portuguese · borrowed fromCalicut
- English todayCalicut
Borrowed from Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”). Unrelated to English Calcutta.
Words from the same roots
Malayalamകോഴിക്കോട് all →
calicoKozhikode
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.