Birth in Malayalam

ഉദ്ഭവം (udbhavam) covers birth together with origin and source, so a river and a custom can have an udbhavam just as a child can. The dbh is one cluster, read ud-bha-vam. It belongs to careful writing more than to family conversation.

Most common translation

ഉദ്ഭവം (udbhavam)

Birth, origin, source, genesis.

ഈ പുഴയുടെ ഉദ്ഭവം മലയില്‍ നിന്നാണ്.

ee puzhayude udbhavam malayil ninnaanu.

The origin of this river is from the mountain.

All Malayalam words for “birth”

udbhavam is birth as origin, akalajananam is specifically a premature birth, aajanmam means ever since birth, aabhijaathyam is high birth or nobility, and udhyam is rising or dawn used figuratively for a beginning.

Common questions

How do you say birth in Malayalam?

Birth is ഉദ്ഭവം (udbhavam).

Which word would appear on a birth-related document?

Official and medical Malayalam prefers the compounds built from jananam, which is why a premature birth is akalajananam, while udbhavam keeps the wider sense of origin.