Weapon in Malayalam
A weapon in the classical sense is അസ്ത്രം (asthram), properly a missile weapon, something shot or thrown, from arrows to the divine weapons of the epics. Say asthram with the s and th run together and the stress on the first syllable. Modern Malayalam still reaches for it in figurative use, for a weapon in an argument or a campaign.
Arrow, missile, weapon.
വില്ലാളി അസ്ത്രം ലക്ഷ്യത്തിലേക്ക് എയ്തു.
villaali asthram lakshyaththilekku eythu.
The archer shot the arrow at the target.
All Malayalam words for “weapon”
- അസ്ത്രം (asthram) — Arrow, missile, weapon.
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- തോക്ക് (thokku) — Gun, a firearm, a weapon that shoots bullets.
- പൂഴിക്കടകം (poozhikkadakam) — A way of wielding the weapon in combat.
- മാരകായുധം (maarakaayudham) — Lethal weapon.
- മുട്ടി (mutti) — Knob, knot or node on a stem, fist, handle of a weapon, hammer.
- വജ്രം (vajram) — Diamond, thunderbolt, Lord Indra's weapon (H.M.).
The plain general word for a weapon is not among these entries on its own; it appears only inside the compound മാരകായുധം (maarakaayudham), meaning a lethal weapon. തോക്ക് (thokku) is specifically a gun, and വജ്രം (vajram) is the thunderbolt of mythology.
Common questions
How do you say weapon in Malayalam?
A weapon, especially one shot or thrown, is അസ്ത്രം (asthram).
Which word would a news report use for weapons seized by police?
The general arms word seen here in മാരകായുധം (maarakaayudham), lethal weapon, is the one used in that kind of report rather than അസ്ത്രം (asthram).