Deer in Malayalam
The everyday word for deer is മാൻ (maan) in Malayalam, used of the graceful antlered animal of forest and story. Children's books and wildlife reports both use it. It covers stag and doe together.
Most common translation
Deer. A graceful wild animal with antlers; stag.
കാട്ടിൽ ഒരു മാൻ ഓടിപ്പോയി.
kaattil oru maan odippoyi.
A deer ran away in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “deer”
- മാൻ (maan) — Deer. A graceful wild animal with antlers; stag.
- ഏതം (eatham) — Deer, deerskin.
- മൃഗം (mrigam) — Animal, deer, cow, hunting, musk, the dark shade in the moon, the month of Makaram, a sign of the Zodiac (Capricornus), enquiry.
- പുള്ളിമാന് (pulliman) — Spotted deer.
- പേടമാന് (pedaman) — Female deer, doe.
- മൃഗവര്ഗ്ഗം (mrigavarggam) — Animals as a class, deer as a class.
eatham is an older literary word that also means deerskin, mrigam is any wild animal with deer among them, pulliman the spotted deer, pedaman a doe and mrigavarggam the class of such animals.
Common questions
How do you say deer in Malayalam?
Say മാൻ (maan) for a deer.
What is a spotted deer called?
The spotted deer is പുള്ളിമാന് (pulliman).