Actress in Malayalam
Neither option here is the ordinary Malayalam word for an actress. താരം (thaaram) means star, including a film star of either sex, and that is the closest you will get from these options. The other entry is an obsolete dictionary sense that no one would use today.
Star, a celebrated person, film star, celebrated actor/actress.
അവൻ സ്കൂളിലെ ക്രിക്കറ്റ് താരമാണ്.
avan schoolile cricket thaaramaanu.
He is the cricket star of the school.
All Malayalam words for “actress”
- താരം (thaaram) — Star, a celebrated person, film star, celebrated actor/actress.
- കാരിക (karika) — Versified statement of any doctrine, actress, an actor's wife.
താരം (thaaram) is a star, both in the sky and in cinema, so it covers a celebrated actress without specifying her sex; കാരിക (karika) is an old word for a versified doctrine whose listed sense of actress is archaic.
Common questions
How is actress said in Malayalam?
There is no word for actress among these options. താരം (thaaram) means star and is used of a film actress.
Does Malayalam mark the sex of a performer?
It does have separate words for a male and a female performer, but neither appears in this list, which is why താരം (thaaram) has to stand in.