Where does “കൊള്ളക്കാരി” come from?

കൊള്ളക്കാരി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam കാരി — stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis, edible catfish belonging to the family Heteropneustidae, capable of delivering a painful sting.

കൊള്ളക്കാരി (Malayalam): female robber

Definitions

  1. female robber

Ancestry of “കൊള്ളക്കാരി”, step by step

കൊള്ളക്കാരി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam കാരി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകാരിstinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis, edible catfish belonging to the family Heteropneustidae, capable of delivering a painful sting

via Malayalam കൊള്ള

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamകൊള്ളheist, grant robbery
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