Malayalam Dictionary

ശംഖ്

shangkhu śaṅkhŭ /ʃɐŋk(ʰ)ɨ/

noun · നാമം

conch·conch shell·Shankha

  1. conch

  2. conch shell

  3. Musical instrument using conch shell

  4. Shankha

In plain English conch means any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip.

Forms

alternative ചങ്ക്
alternative ശംഖം

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

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