Coral in Malayalam
Coral in Malayalam is പ്രവാളം (pravalam), said with a long aa in the middle, pra-vaa-lam. It is a Sanskrit-derived word, so you meet it in writing, in jewellery shops and above all in astrology, where coral is one of the nine stones set in a ring.
Coral, stem of a guitar or 'veena', sprout, shoot, bud.
കടലിൽ നിന്ന് ചെറിയ പ്രവാളം കിട്ടി.
kadalil ninnu cheriya pravalam kitti.
A small coral was found in the sea.
All Malayalam words for “coral”
- പ്രവാളം (pravalam) — Coral, stem of a guitar or 'veena', sprout, shoot, bud.
- പവിഴമല്ലി (pavizhamalli) — A kind of flower resembling coral.
പ്രവാളം (pravalam) is the word for coral itself, although the same form can also mean a tender shoot or the stem of a veena. പവിഴമല്ലി (pavizhamalli) is not coral at all; it names a flower whose colour resembles it.
Common questions
How do you say coral in Malayalam?
Say പ്രവാളം (pravalam). It covers both the sea creature's skeleton and the polished red stone used in rings.
Why does the dictionary also list it as a shoot or a bud?
The same word carries a plant sense, a young sprout, because of its coral-like shape and colour. Context tells a reader which one is meant.