കൊമ്പൻ

Malayalam

Etymology

കൊമ്പ് (kompŭ, “horn/tusk”) +‎ -അൻ (-aṉ, masculine pronominal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kompɐn/, [kombɐn]

Noun

കൊമ്പൻ • (kompaṉ)

  1. a tusker; a male elephant with prominent tusks.
  2. cattle with horns or tusks.
  3. that which has horns or tusks.
  4. (figurative, slang) a dominant or powerful person; a "big shot".

Derived terms

  • കൊമ്പൻ സ്രാവ് (kompaṉ srāvŭ) (hammerhead shark)
  • കൊമ്പൻ മീശ (kompaṉ mīśa) (handlebar mustache)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.