Bird in Malayalam
A bird is കിളി (kili) in everyday Malayalam, a soft two-syllable word, ki-li, which also means parrot. Children learn it early and it turns up in songs and pet names. None of the other listed options is more general than this one.
Most common translation
Bird, parrot.
ജനാലയിൽ ഒരു കിളി വന്നിരുന്നു.
janaalayil oru kili vannirunnu.
A bird came and sat on the window.
All Malayalam words for “bird”
- കിളി (kili) — Bird, parrot.
- ആകാശചാരി (aakaashachaari) — One who travels in the air, one of the gods, planet, star, bird, air-traveller.
- ആശുഗം (aashugam) — Arrow, air, bird.
- കപോതം (kapotham) — Dove, pigeon, sparrow, bird.
- ശകുനം (shakunam) — An omen, the first object seen on setting out on a journey, indicative sign of good or evil happening in the future, bird.
- ആറ്റ (atta) — Sparrow, any small bird.
- ഇറച്ചി (irachi) — Meat. The flesh of an animal or bird used as food.
- കാക്ക (kaakka) — Crow. A common black bird with a harsh call.
- കിളിക്കൂട് (kilikkood) — Bird nest, cage for birds.
- കോഴി (kozhi) — Chicken; a hen or cock kept as a bird; also the meat of that bird.
- തത്ത (thatha) — Parrot. A green bird with a curved beak that can mimic speech.
- താറാവ് (thaaraavu) — Duck. A water bird with webbed feet, kept for eggs and meat.
- പക്ഷി (pakshi) — Bird. A feathered animal that flies; fowl.
- പൂവന് (poovan) — Cock, male bird, one having flower, a kind of plantain, tree that doesn't bear fruit, Brahma.
- പൈങ്കിളി (painkili) — A beautiful dear bird, a green bird, a parrot.
- മയിൽ (mayil) — Peacock. A large bird with a bright fanned tail; peafowl.
- മുട്ട (mutta) — Egg. A hen egg used as food; also the egg of any bird.
- വാൽ (vaal) — Tail, the tail of an animal, bird or fish; the hindmost part of something.
കിളി (kili) is the plain word; കാക്ക (kaakka) is the crow, കപോതം (kapotham) a pigeon or dove, and ആകാശചാരി (aakaashachaari), ആശുഗം (aashugam) and ശകുനം (shakunam) are poetic or ritual terms in which bird is only one sense.
Common questions
How do you say bird in Malayalam?
കിളി (kili) is the usual word, covering birds generally and parrots in particular.
Which of these words means a crow?
കാക്ക (kaakka) is the crow, the black bird with the harsh call.