Elephants in Malayalam
None of the listed words actually means elephants. അക്ഷൌഹിണി (akshouhini) is a huge army counted in elephants, chariots, horses and foot soldiers, and it is the one entry where elephants are central.
A large army having 21870 elephants, as many chariots, 65610 horses and 109350 infantrymen.
അക്ഷൌഹിണി എന്നത് ഒരു വലിയ സൈന്യമാണ്.
akshouhini ennathu oru valiya sainyamaanu.
An akshouhini is a large army.
All Malayalam words for “elephants”
- അക്ഷൌഹിണി (akshouhini) — A large army having 21870 elephants, as many chariots, 65610 horses and 109350 infantrymen.
- ആനക്കള്ളന് (anakkallan) — A big thief, thief who will steal even big things like elephants.
- ബിന്ദു (bindu) — Drop, point, centre, full stop, zero, the space between the eyebrows, a kind of leprosy of the elephants.
അക്ഷൌഹിണി (akshouhini) names an army reckoned in elephants, ആനക്കള്ളന് (anakkallan) is a thief big enough to steal an elephant, and ബിന്ദു (bindu) mentions a disease of elephants; none is the plural noun.
Common questions
How do you say elephants in Malayalam?
No word for elephants appears among these entries; they refer to elephants only inside their meanings.
What does the first entry describe?
അക്ഷൌഹിണി (akshouhini) is a classical army of 21870 elephants with as many chariots, plus horses and infantry.