Bandicoot in Malayalam
A bandicoot rat is a പെരുച്ചാഴി (peruchazhi), with the stress falling on the long third syllable. Keralites use it for the big burrowing rat found in fields and around houses, and the word also shows up as a mild insult for someone who destroys things.
Hograt, bandicoot.
അടുക്കളയിൽ ഒരു പെരുച്ചാഴി ഓടി.
adukkalayil oru peruchazhi odi.
A bandicoot ran in the kitchen.
All Malayalam words for “bandicoot”
- പെരുച്ചാഴി (peruchazhi) — Hograt, bandicoot.
- മൂഷിക (mooshika) — Rat, bandicoot, name of a country (Kolathunadu).
പെരുച്ചാഴി (peruchazhi) is the normal spoken word, while മൂഷിക (mooshika) is a Sanskrit-derived term for rat that also appears as an old place name and belongs to formal or literary writing.
Common questions
How do you say bandicoot in Malayalam?
പെരുച്ചാഴി (peruchazhi) is the word, used for the large rat that digs burrows in fields and gardens.
Is the same word used for an ordinary house rat?
Not usually. This word points to the big burrowing kind, and മൂഷിക (mooshika) is the general literary word for a rat.