Horse-shoe in Malayalam
A horse-shoe is ലാടം (laadam) in Malayalam, the iron shoe nailed to a hoof. The word is a loan of long standing and needs no qualifier to be understood.
Most common translation
Horse-shoe, Sind coast.
കുതിരയുടെ ലാടം ഇളകി വീണു.
kuthirayude laadam ilaki veenu.
The horse's shoe came loose and fell off.
Dictionary entry
- ലാടം (laadam) — Horse-shoe, Sind coast.
It is the only entry here, so the one form has to serve for the shoe itself in every context.
Common questions
How do you say horse-shoe in Malayalam?
The word is ലാടം (laadam).
Is it used figuratively?
Chiefly it names the object; figurative use of the shape is uncommon in Malayalam.