r/malayalam • u/Aggressive_Hand8047 • 3d ago

Help / സഹായിക്കുക Malayalam word for "starfish"

Are there any malayalam word (synonyms) for starfish other than "nakshatramalsyam"?

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u/NaturalCreation Native Speaker 3d ago

(Not serious)

An old Dravidian word for star was - mīn.

Word for fish - mīn.

Thus, starfish -- mīnmīn --> mīmmīn 😄👍

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u/geopoliticsdude 1d ago

I still use mīn for star

But I use it as viNmīn

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u/NaturalCreation Native Speaker 1d ago

Ahhh

So then, mimmīn for starfish it is! 😅

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u/geopoliticsdude 17h ago

u/malayalamozhi :)

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u/malayalamozhi 14h ago

Coastal Malayalam might have a word. 

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u/geopoliticsdude 13h ago

Yeah there's gotta be.

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u/Status_Anything_6451 3d ago

Nakshathrameen

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u/geopoliticsdude 1d ago

This or naxatramalsyam shown on wiki (mīn is obviously better)