Bears in Malayalam
More than one bear is കരടികൾ (karadikal) in Malayalam, the plural of karadi. The ending kal is the regular plural marker, so once you know the singular you can form this yourself. Four light syllables, ka-ra-di-kal.
Most common translation
Bears, more than one bear (plural of karadi).
കാട്ടിൽ കരടികൾ ഉണ്ട്.
kaattil karadikal undu.
There are bears in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “bears”
- കരടികൾ (karadikal) — Bears, more than one bear (plural of karadi).
- അത്താണി (athani) — Porter's rest, that relieves a person who bears a burden.
- ചുമല് (chumal) — Shoulder, neck or the part that bears a load, back.
karadikal is the animal in the plural; the other entries here use bears in the English sense of carrying, so athani is a rest for a person bearing a load and chumal is the shoulder that bears it.
Common questions
How do you say bears in Malayalam?
Bears, the animals, are കരടികൾ (karadikal).
How does Malayalam form plurals like this one?
Most nouns simply take kal or its variants, which is how karadi becomes karadikal, with no change to the word before the ending.