Fire-worshipper in Malayalam
അഗ്നിയാരാധകന് (agniyaradhakan) joins the word for fire to the word for worshipper, so it reads literally as one who worships fire. It is applied to Zoroastrians and to ritual fire veneration generally. The ending is the masculine agentive, so it points to a male worshipper.
അഗ്നിയാരാധകന് (agniyaradhakan)
Fire-worshipper, pyrolatry.
പുസ്തകത്തിൽ ഒരു അഗ്നിയാരാധകന് കഥാപാത്രമാണ്.
pusthakathil oru agniyaradhakan kathaapaathramaanu.
In the book a fire-worshipper is a character.
Dictionary entry
- അഗ്നിയാരാധകന് (agniyaradhakan) — Fire-worshipper, pyrolatry.
Because of that masculine ending, a woman or a mixed group needs a different ending or a plural; the practice itself, pyrolatry, is named by a separate compound.
Common questions
How do you say fire-worshipper in Malayalam?
അഗ്നിയാരാധകന് (agniyaradhakan), a compound of the words for fire and worshipper.
Does it refer to a particular religion?
Most often to Zoroastrians, but it is also used for anyone who venerates fire as a deity, including in descriptions of older ritual practice.