Where does “നാരായം” come from?

നാരായം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit नाराच — a type of iron arrow.

നാരായം (Malayalam): an iron stiletto used for writing on palm-leaves, arrow, a liquid measure, a kind of slender needle

Definitions

  1. an iron stiletto used for writing on palm-leaves, arrow, a liquid measure, a kind of slender needle

Ancestry of “നാരായം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनाराचa type of iron arrow
Every word from Sanskrit नाराच