Murugan

English

Murugan.

Alternative forms

• Kartikeyan, Skanda, Subrahmanyan, Saravanan, Velavan

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil முருகன் (murukaṉ).

Proper noun

Murugan

1. A Hindu deity, especially popular among Tamils, worshipped in areas of South India.
   • 2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 256:

     The temple was […] dedicated to Murugan, the god of war, to whom he had always shown particular devotion.

Synonyms

• Kartikeya

Anagrams

• murunga