Brave in Malayalam
ധൈര്യമുള്ള (dhairyamulla) means brave, literally having courage, built from dhairyam plus the ending ulla. The opening dh is aspirated and the ai is a single glide, dhai-rya-mul-la. It is the natural adjective for a person who is not easily frightened.
Most common translation
Brave, having courage, not easily frightened.
അവൾ ധൈര്യമുള്ള പെൺകുട്ടിയാണ്.
aval dhairyamulla penkuttiyaanu.
She is a brave girl.
All Malayalam words for “brave”
- ധൈര്യമുള്ള (dhairyamulla) — Brave, having courage, not easily frightened.
- അധീര (adheera) — Not brave, timid, weak-minded.
- ധൈര്യവാന് (dhairyavaan) — A brave or courageous person.
- നായകൻ (naayakan) — Hero; the main male character of a film or story, also a brave person who is admired.
dhairyamulla is the adjective brave and dhairyavaan the noun, a brave person; naayakan is a hero in a film or story, and adheera is the opposite, timid or weak-minded.
Common questions
How do you say brave in Malayalam?
Brave is ധൈര്യമുള്ള (dhairyamulla).
What does the ending ulla add?
It turns a noun into an adjective meaning having that quality, which is why courage plus ulla gives brave, and the same ending appears in many other adjectives.