Where does “അലം” come from?

അലം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit अल — the sting in the tail of a scorpion.

അലം (Malayalam): adornment, decoration

Definitions

  1. adornment, decoration

Ancestry of “അലം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअलthe sting in the tail of a scorpion
Every word from Sanskrit अल