Pillaiyar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பிள்ளையார் (piḷḷaiyār).

Proper noun

Pillaiyar

1. (Hinduism) Synonym of Ganesha.
   • 2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 31:

     Just past the bells of the threshold, a friendly, impish Pillaiyar waited. You might know him as Ganesha but that was not what we called him.