Anointed in Malayalam

The anointed person is അഭിഷിക്തന്‍ (abhishikthan) in Malayalam, a word of religious weight used of kings consecrated with oil and, in Christian usage, of the Messiah. Sermons and devotional writing are where it belongs. It is pronounced a-bhi-shik-than.

Most common translation

അഭിഷിക്തന്‍ (abhishikthan)

The anointed person.

അദ്ദേഹം നാടിന്റെ അഭിഷിക്തന്‍ ആയി.

addeham naadinte abhishikthan aayi.

He became the anointed one of the land.

Dictionary entry

As the only entry it names the person anointed, not the act, so the rite itself needs the related noun.

Common questions

How do you say anointed in Malayalam?

അഭിഷിക്തന്‍ (abhishikthan), the one who has been anointed.

Is the word religious?

Strongly so; it belongs to consecration of kings and to Christian references to the Anointed One.