chillu meaning in Malayalam
ചില്ലക്ഷരം cillakṣaraṁ
chillu in Malayalam: ചില്ലക്ഷരം (cillakṣaraṁ), ചില്ല് (cillŭ). In English, chillu means a type of letter used in Malayalam which does not have an inherent vowel, used to represent a pure consonant without the use of a virama.
Malayalam words for chillu
- chillu; chillaksharam
- ചില്ലക്ഷരം cillakṣaraṁ, ചില്ല് cillŭ
English meaning of chillu
- noun A type of letter used in Malayalam which does not have an inherent vowel, used to represent a pure consonant without the use of a virama.
chillu in a sentence
- There are five chillus currently in use: ൺ (ṇ), ൻ (ṉ), ർ (ṟ), ൽ (l) and ൾ (ḷ). There are also four archaic ones: ൿ (k), ൔ (m), ൕ (y) and ൖ (ḻ).
Synonyms of chillu
Questions about chillu in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of chillu in Malayalam?
- Chillu in Malayalam is ചില്ലക്ഷരം (cillakṣaraṁ), ചില്ല് (cillŭ).
- chillu എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Chillu: ചില്ലക്ഷരം (cillakṣaraṁ), ചില്ല് (cillŭ).
- What does chillu mean in English?
- Chillu means a type of letter used in Malayalam which does not have an inherent vowel, used to represent a pure consonant without the use of a virama.
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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “chillu”: ചില്ലക്ഷരം, ചില്ല്. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: chillu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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