Home › Words › S › soolamsoolamsoolam means a trident, a trishula; a sacred weapon used by Hindu deities.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, soolam ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Tamil சூலம் (cūlam), in turn from Sanskrit शूल (śūla) or Sanskrit त्रिशूल (triśūla).nouna trident, a trishula; a sacred weapon used by Hindu deities.e.g.“He is set to be charged under Section 295 of the Penal Code for allegedly damaging a “soolam”, a trident sacred to Hindus, at the former site of the Sri Maha Muniswarar Temple in Langkawi.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).