ശൂലം

Malayalam

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शूल (śūla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːlɐm/

Noun

ശൂലം • (śūlaṁ)

1. any sharp instrument or pointed dart, lance, pike, spear (esp. the trident of Shiva)
2. a stake for impaling criminals
3. any sharp or acute pain (esp. that of colic or gout)

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ശൂലം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.