Where does “ശലഭം” come from?

ശലഭം (Malayalam) comes from Sanskrit शलभ, from Sanskrit शरभ — a sharabha mythical half-lion half-bird that slays lions; in later literature an eight-legged deer.

ശലഭം (Malayalam): butterfly

Definitions

  1. butterfly

Ancestry of “ശലഭം”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritशलभlocust; grasshopper; cricket
2Sanskritशरभa sharabha mythical half-lion half-bird that slays lions; in later literature an eight-legged deer

Words derived from “ശലഭം”

Every word from Sanskrit शरभ →Every word from Sanskrit शलभ →