Dead in Malayalam
മരിച്ച (maricha) is the adjective dead, placed before the noun as in a dead bird or a dead relative. It is the past participle of the verb to die, so it literally says having died. The body itself is പിണം (pinam).
Most common translation
Dead, no longer alive, lifeless.
മരിച്ച പക്ഷിയെ കുട്ടികൾ കുഴിച്ചിട്ടു.
maricha pakshiye kuttikal kuzhichittu
The children buried the dead bird.
All Malayalam words for “dead”
- മരിച്ച (maricha) — Dead, no longer alive, lifeless.
- പരേതന് (parethan) — The dead, dead man.
- നിര്ജ്ജീവ (nirjjeeva) — Lifeless, senseless, dead, passive, inactive.
- അടക്കം (adakkam) — Humility, secret, the whole, burial of the dead, contents.
- ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) — Alive; living, not dead, still having life.
- തര്പ്പണം (tharappanam) — Satisfaction, libation to the spirits of the dead, sprinkling (consecrated) water, fountain.
- പിണം (pinam) — Corpse, dead body, carcass.
- പ്രേതം (pretham) — Dead body, soul of the dead, ghost, evil spirit.
- ഭൂതം (bhootham) — What has happened, the past, past time, truth, spirit of the dead, ghost, evil apparition, Siva's lieutenants.
- മയ്യത്ത് (mayath) — Dead body (esp.of Muslims).
- മൃതം (mritham) — One who is dead, death, corpse, poison, life of beggary.
- ശവം (shavam) — Dead body, corpse; (fig.) clumsy, useless fellow.
- സംസ്കരിക്കുക (samskarikkuka) — Purify, refine, process, reform, civilize, cremate or bury (dead body).
മരിച്ച (maricha) is the plain dead and ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) its opposite, alive; നിര്ജ്ജീവ (nirjjeeva) is lifeless or inert, പരേതന് (parethan) the deceased in formal and news language, and പിണം (pinam) and പ്രേതം (pretham) name a corpse, the second also a ghost.
Common questions
How do you say dead in Malayalam?
Dead is മരിച്ച (maricha).
What is the respectful word in an obituary?
പരേതന് (parethan), the departed, is what notices and news reports use.