അംബ

Malayalam

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अम्बा (ambā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐmbɐ/

Noun

അംബ • (amba)

1. mother

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:അമ്മ

Proper noun

അംബ • (amba)

1. Parvati
2. name of an apsaras
3. Eldest daughter of King Kashi (angry about not getting a beggar as a husband, she was born as Shikhandi after doing penance and tried to kill him)

References

• Kailash Nath (2019) “അംബ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary