Crown in Malayalam
The crown a king wears is കിരിടം (kiridam), three syllables with a retroflex d: ki-ri-dam. Malayalam also uses it figuratively for a crowning achievement, much as English does.
Crown, diadem.
കഥയിലെ രാജാവിന്റെ കിരിടം സ്വർണ്ണംകൊണ്ടാണ്.
kathayile raajaavinte kiridam swarnnamkondaanu.
The crown of the king in the story is of gold.
All Malayalam words for “crown”
- കിരിടം (kiridam) — Crown, diadem.
- മകുടം (makudam) — Crown, tiara, diadem, flat summit, headgear.
- തിരുമുടി (thirumudi) — The royal head, crown (on the head of a king or deity).
- ശേഖരം (shegaram) — Crest jewel, crown, branch, best of the lot, tuft of hair, collection, heap, what is gathered or collected.
- ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
- മുടി (mudi) — Hair, head, top, crown, sheaf or stalks of corn, a bundle.
- മൗലി (mouli) — Head, hair tied into a knot, peak, diadem, crown.
- നടുതല (naduthala) — Plants or seeds for cultivation, tubers, etc. harvested once a year, the crown of the head.
കിരിടം (kiridam) is the ordinary word for a crown; മകുടം (makudam) and മൗലി (mouli) are more literary words for a diadem or tiara; തിരുമുടി (thirumudi) is the sacred crowned head of a king or deity; മുടി (mudi) and നടുതല (naduthala) mean the crown of the head rather than the headpiece; and ഗോത്രം (gothram) and ശേഖരം (shegaram) list crown among many other senses.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for crown?
Crown is കിരിടം (kiridam).
Which word means the crown of the head?
മുടി (mudi) covers the top of the head and the hair, and നടുതല (naduthala) names the crown of the head specifically.