Baby in Malayalam
A baby is ശിശു (shishu) in Malayalam, the word used for a newborn and for an infant generally. It turns up in hospital signs, health talks and names of child-welfare schemes, and it sounds a little gentler and more formal than the pet names families actually use at home. Say it in two short syllables, shi-shu.
Most common translation
Baby, infant.
ശിശു ഉറങ്ങുകയാണ്, ശബ്ദം വേണ്ട.
shishu urangukayaanu, shabdam venda.
The baby is sleeping, no noise please.
All Malayalam words for “baby”
- ശിശു (shishu) — Baby, infant.
- കുഞ്ഞ് (kunju) — Baby, a very small child, an infant.
- ഡെലിവറി (delivari) — Delivery, the bringing of goods or post to the buyer; in hospitals delivery of a baby is prasavam.
- പേര് (per) — Name, delivery (of a baby).
shishu is the baby itself; delivari and per here refer to the delivery or birth event rather than the child, with per being the older word for a birth.
Common questions
How do you say baby in Malayalam?
Baby is ശിശു (shishu).
Is shishu what parents call their own baby?
Rarely. At home people use affectionate names, while shishu is the neutral word of doctors, officials and written Malayalam.