Pillar in Malayalam
A pillar is a സ്തംഭം (sthambham). The word takes in stone columns in a temple, posts holding up a roof, and the figurative pillar of a family or an institution.
Most common translation
Pillar, stake, stem.
വീടിന്റെ മുൻവശത്ത് ഒരു സ്തംഭം ഉണ്ട്.
veedinte munvashatthu oru sthambham undu.
There is a pillar in front of the house.
All Malayalam words for “pillar”
- സ്തംഭം (sthambham) — Pillar, stake, stem.
- അശോകചക്രം (ashokachakaram) — The seal of Ashoka inscribed on a stone pillar at Sarnath and accepted as the central emblem on the National Flag of free India.
സ്തംഭം (sthambham) is the word you want; അശോകചക്രം (ashokachakaram) appears here only because it names the emblem carved on an Ashokan pillar, and it does not mean pillar at all.
Common questions
How do you say pillar in Malayalam?
സ്തംഭം (sthambham) is the word for a pillar, post or column.
Can sthambham be used figuratively?
Yes. Calling someone the sthambham of a household or an organisation works just as pillar does in English.