Crest in Malayalam
ശേഖരം (shegaram) is the word listed for crest, in the sense of a crest jewel or a crown worn on top. In living Malayalam you will meet it far more often meaning a collection or a heap, or the best of a group.
Crest jewel, crown, branch, best of the lot, tuft of hair, collection, heap, what is gathered or collected.
നാണയങ്ങളുടെ ശേഖരം അവൻ കാണിച്ചു.
naanayangalude shegaram avan kaanichu.
He showed his collection of coins.
Dictionary entry
- ശേഖരം (shegaram) — Crest jewel, crown, branch, best of the lot, tuft of hair, collection, heap, what is gathered or collected.
Because the one word holds both the crown-jewel sense and the heap sense, it is safest inside compounds and set phrases, and it is not what you would use for the crest of a bird or of a hill.
Common questions
How do you say crest in Malayalam?
ശേഖരം (shegaram) covers crest in the sense of a crest jewel or crown, but it is a literary word.
Why does shegaram also mean a collection?
The root idea is something piled up at the top, which stretched into both a crowning jewel and a gathered heap.