Echo in Malayalam
An echo bouncing back off a hillside is മാറ്റൊലി (maattoli), from the words for return and sound. Both the long aa and the double tt get their full length. It is also used figuratively of views echoed by others.
Most common translation
Echo, reverberation.
മലയിൽ നിന്ന് മാറ്റൊലി കേട്ടു.
malayil ninnu maattoli kettu
We heard an echo from the hill.
All Malayalam words for “echo”
- മാറ്റൊലി (maattoli) — Echo, reverberation.
- ധ്വാനം (dhwaanam) — Echo, sound, voice, humming.
- മുഴങ്ങുക (muzhanguka) — Echo, reverberate, resound.
- ധ്വനം (dhwanam) — Sound, voice, noise, echo.
- നാദം (naadam) — Sound, noise, voice, echo.
മാറ്റൊലി is specifically an echo; മുഴങ്ങുക (muzhanguka) is the verb for resounding, and നാദം (naadam), ധ്വനം (dhwanam) and ധ്വാനം (dhwaanam) are general words for sound or voice in which echo is only one shade.
Common questions
How do you say echo in Malayalam?
മാറ്റൊലി (maattoli) is the word for an echo or reverberation.
How do I say a sound echoed?
Use the verb മുഴങ്ങുക (muzhanguka), which describes a sound resounding or booming back.