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

കിളി (kili)

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) 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.