Proto-Nilgiri : *marǝḷ
Meaning : demon
Kota : marḷ "voice of demon (picāc) which seizes woman at night and speaks through her"
Toda : marɨḷ ōx- "to lose one's senses"
Notes : Toda marɨḷ is irregular (in most similar cases the cluster undergoes contraction, cf. *irǝl, etc.); influence of or direct borrowing from Kannada is not excluded.
Number in DED : 4723