Arrow in Malayalam
അസ്ത്രം (asthram) covers arrow and, more broadly, a missile or launched weapon. It has an epic flavour, familiar from stories of Mahabharata archery. Say as-thram, keeping the sthr together as one cluster.
Arrow, missile, weapon.
വില്ലാളി അസ്ത്രം ലക്ഷ്യത്തിലേക്ക് എയ്തു.
villaali asthram lakshyaththilekku eythu.
The archer shot the arrow at the target.
All Malayalam words for “arrow”
- അസ്ത്രം (asthram) — Arrow, missile, weapon.
- ആശുഗം (aashugam) — Arrow, air, bird.
- ബാണം (banam) — Arrow, fire works, rocket.
- വാണം (vaanam) — Arrow, a kind of firework, rocket.
- വില്ല് (villu) — Bow, arrow, brilliance, light, lustre the 9th sign of Zodiac.
- കളഭം (kalabham) — Perfumed sandal paste, young elephant, the 'Kadambu' tree (Eugenia Racemosa), arrow.
- അന്തര്മ്മുഖം (antharmukham) — That which has turned inward, name of an arrow.
- എയ്യുക (eyyuka) — Shoot an arrow.
- തെറ്റല് (thettal) — Committing mistakes, slipping, shooting (an arrow etc.).
- പാശുപതം (pashupatham) — Siva's divine arrow, Saivite philosophy.
- പ്രഹരം (praharam) — A period of three hours, shooting with an arrow, archery.
അസ്ത്രം (asthram) is the general arrow or missile and ആശുഗം (aashugam) a poetic name for it, literally the swift one. എയ്യുക (eyyuka) is the verb to shoot an arrow and പ്രഹരം (praharam) takes in archery as an activity, while അന്തര്മ്മുഖം (antharmukham) and പാശുപതം (pashupatham) name particular mythological arrows.
Common questions
What is arrow in Malayalam?
അസ്ത്രം (asthram), which also serves for a missile or projectile weapon.
How do I say shoot an arrow?
Use the verb എയ്യുക (eyyuka), which specifically means shooting with a bow.