Cock in Malayalam
A male bird, the cock or rooster, is a പൂവന് (poovan) in Malayalam. The first syllable is long, poo-van, and the word literally suggests the one with the crest or flower. It is also the name of a well known variety of plantain.
Most common translation
Cock, male bird, one having flower, a kind of plantain, tree that doesn't bear fruit, Brahma.
പൂവൻ കോഴി അതിരാവിലെ കൂവി.
poovan kozhi athiraavile koovi.
The rooster crowed early in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “cock”
- പൂവന് (poovan) — Cock, male bird, one having flower, a kind of plantain, tree that doesn't bear fruit, Brahma.
- അങ്കക്കോഴി (ankakkozhi) — The game cock employed by the feuding parties.
- കോഴി (kozhi) — Chicken; a hen or cock kept as a bird; also the meat of that bird.
പൂവന് (poovan) picks out the male bird, while കോഴി (kozhi) is the everyday word for a chicken of either sex and for its meat. അങ്കക്കോഴി (ankakkozhi) is a fighting cock used in cockfights.
Common questions
How do you say cock in Malayalam?
The male bird is a പൂവന് (poovan).
What is the general word for a chicken?
കോഴി (kozhi), which covers a hen or a cock as a bird and also the meat.