Adi in Malayalam
Adi is itself a Malayalam word, and the listed entry that explains it is കാലുകൾ (kaalukal), feet in the bodily sense, where the note records that adi serves as the unit of length. So adi is both the foot measure and, elsewhere, a blow. English feet as body parts and feet as measurement are thus split between two Malayalam words.
Feet, the plural of foot, the parts of the body you stand on; as a unit of length adi is used; legs. The limbs used for standing and walking; also the supports of a table or chair.
നടന്നിട്ട് കാലുകൾ വേദനിക്കുന്നു.
nadannittu kaalukal vedanikkunnu.
My feet hurt from walking.
All Malayalam words for “adi”
- കാലുകൾ (kaalukal) — Feet, the plural of foot, the parts of the body you stand on; as a unit of length adi is used; legs. The limbs used for standing and walking; also the supports of a table or chair.
- അനന്തന് (ananthan) — Tha infinite one, Adi Sesha, Vishnu.
അനന്തന് (ananthan) is unrelated to measurement and names the infinite serpent Adi Sesha, a proper noun that merely contains the same syllable.
Common questions
How do you say adi in Malayalam?
It is already Malayalam: adi is the foot as a unit of length, while the body parts you stand on are കാലുകൾ (kaalukal).
Why does Adi Sesha appear here?
Only because the name shares the syllable; അനന്തന് (ananthan) refers to the serpent of Vishnu and has nothing to do with measurement.