Sacrificial in Malayalam
Sacrificial is not an adjective in Malayalam but a first element meaning offering, as in ബലിക്കല്ല് (balikkallu), the sacrificial stone or altar that stands in temple courtyards, and ബലിയാട് (baliyadu), the sacrificial animal. The same compounding works for anything used in an offering.
Sacrificial stone or altar.
ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ മുന്നിൽ ബലിക്കല്ല് ഉണ്ട്.
kshethrathinte munnil balikkallu undu.
There is a sacrificial stone in front of the temple.
All Malayalam words for “sacrificial”
- ബലിക്കല്ല് (balikkallu) — Sacrificial stone or altar.
- അഗ്നിഹോത്രം (agnihothram) — Oblation to fire, sacrificial fire (yaga).
- ചൈത്യം (chaithyam) — Masonry work, rampart, sacrificial altar, house, temple, Buddhist monastery, tombstone.
- തറ (thara) — Floor, ground, field, raised platform, hut, village, sacrificial altar.
- ബലിയാട് (baliyadu) — Sacrificial animal, scape goat, victim.
- ഹോമം (Homam) — Offering holy materials to the sacrificial fire while chanting 'mantras'.
agnihothram and Homam are the fire offerings themselves, while chaithyam and thara mean an altar or platform only among several other senses.
Common questions
How do you say sacrificial in Malayalam?
Use the offering element: ബലിക്കല്ല് (balikkallu) is a sacrificial altar and ബലിയാട് (baliyadu) a sacrificial animal.
What is the Malayalam for scapegoat?
ബലിയാട് (baliyadu), the same word as sacrificial animal.