Brahmin in Malayalam
Brahmin in classical Malayalam is അന്തണന് (anthanan), said an-tha-nan, a word that also suggests a pure or austere person. It belongs to literature and older usage; contemporary writing generally prefers the Sanskrit term, which is not on this list.
Brahmin, a pure person.
പഴയ കാവ്യത്തിൽ ഒരു അന്തണന് കഥാപാത്രമാണ്.
pazhaya kaavyathil oru anthanan kathaapaathramaanu.
In the old poem a Brahmin is a character.
All Malayalam words for “brahmin”
- അന്തണന് (anthanan) — Brahmin, a pure person.
- അഗ്നിഹോത്രി (agnihothri) — A brahmin who performs the yaga Agni-hotram, brahmin.
- ഇല്ലം (illam) — House esp, the house of a Nampoodiri (Brahmin).
- തോലിടുക (tholiduka) — Cover with leather, manure with leaves, wear a satrap of leather (of antelope) by Brahmin boys at the time of wearing the sacred thread.
- പോറ്റി (potti) — Protector, a Tulu Brahmin, a member of a sect of Kerala Brahmins.
- മഠം (madam) — Monastery, convent, nunnery, house of a Brahmin, school for teaching the Vedas (holy scriptures), ancient Gurukula.
അന്തണന് (anthanan) is the general literary word, while the others are specific: അഗ്നിഹോത്രി (agnihothri) is a brahmin who maintains the fire sacrifice, പോറ്റി (potti) a title within certain Kerala and Tulu brahmin groups, ഇല്ലം (illam) the house of a Namboothiri family, മഠം (madam) a brahmin household or Vedic school, and തോലിടുക (tholiduka) a verb about a thread-ceremony custom.
Common questions
How do you say brahmin in Malayalam?
Classical Malayalam says അന്തണന് (anthanan); the word in common modern use is not among these entries.
What is an illam?
ഇല്ലം (illam) is the traditional house of a Namboothiri brahmin family in Kerala, a term still used for those ancestral homes.