Where does “സൂചിമുഖി” come from?

സൂചിമുഖി (Malayalam) comes from Malayalam സൂചി, from Sanskrit सूची — needle.

സൂചിമുഖി (Malayalam): sunbird

Definitions

  1. sunbird

Ancestry of “സൂചിമുഖി”, step by step

സൂചിമുഖി traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malayalam സൂചി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamസൂചിneedle
2Sanskritसूचीneedle

via Malayalam മുഖി

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalamമുഖി
Every word from Sanskrit सूचीEvery word from Malayalam സൂചി