Curtain in Malayalam

Stage curtains and window curtains alike are തിരശ്ശീല (thirasheela) in Malayalam. The word is built from thira, a screen, and sheela, cloth. A screen hung to hide something is also called a മറശ്ശീല (marasheela).

Most common translation

തിരശ്ശീല (thirasheela)

Screen, curtain.

നാടകം തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ തിരശ്ശീല ഉയർന്നു.

naadakam thudangiyappol thirasheela uyarnnu.

When the play began the curtain rose.

All Malayalam words for “curtain”

തിരശ്ശീല and മറശ്ശീല are cloth curtains or screens, യവനിക (yavanika) is the literary word for a stage curtain, and തിരസ്കരണം (thiraskaranam) doubles as curtain and rejection.

Common questions

How do you say curtain in Malayalam?

Curtain is തിരശ്ശീല (thirasheela) in Malayalam.

What is the literary word for a stage curtain?

യവനിക (yavanika), a curtain or screen.