Cremation in Malayalam
ശവദാഹം (shavadaaham) is cremation, formed from the words for corpse and burning. Say it sha-va-daa-ham with a long daa. Newspapers use it in funeral notices.
Most common translation
Cremation.
ശവദാഹം ഇന്ന് വൈകുന്നേരം നടന്നു.
shavadaaham innu vaikunneram nadannu.
The cremation took place this evening.
All Malayalam words for “cremation”
- ശവദാഹം (shavadaaham) — Cremation.
- ദഹനം (dahanam) — Burning, combustion, cremation, digestion, consumption.
- പട്ടട (pattada) — Burial ground, cremation ground, graveyard, funeral pyre.
ശവദാഹം (shavadaaham) names the cremation itself, ദഹനം (dahanam) is burning in general and even covers digestion and combustion, and പട്ടട (pattada) is the cremation ground or the pyre, a place rather than a rite.
Common questions
What is cremation in Malayalam?
ശവദാഹം (shavadaaham).
What is the cremation ground called?
പട്ടട (pattada), which covers the cremation or burial ground and the funeral pyre.