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shankha

shankha noun: the conch-shell, considered sacred and of ritual importance.

Noun

shankha (plural shankhas)

  1. (Hinduism, Jainism) The conch-shell, considered sacred and of ritual importance.

shankha meaning in Malayalam

shankha in Malayalam

Shankha
ശംഖ് śaṅkhŭ

Forms of shankha

pluralshankhas
alternative formśaṅkha

Origin of shankha

Transliteration of Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

Questions about shankha

What does shankha mean?
Shankha means the conch-shell, considered sacred and of ritual importance.
What is shankha in Malayalam?
Shankha in Malayalam is ശംഖ് (śaṅkhŭ). See Shankha meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is shankha?
Shankha is a noun.
What is the plural of shankha?
The plural of shankha is shankhas.

Words near shankha in the dictionary

  1. Shankella
  2. Shankend
  3. shanker
  4. shankers
  5. shankest
  6. shankha
  7. shankhas
  8. Shankill
  9. shanking
  10. shanking it
  11. shankings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shankha (page history and authors); ശംഖ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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