Elephant in Malayalam
Elephant appears in this list as മതംഗം (mathamgam), a literary name for the animal that also carries the senses of cloud and mountain. Poets and classical writers favour such names, while a temple festival poster will use plainer language. Another of the same kind is സിവരം (sivaram).
Most common translation
Elephant, cloud, a mountain.
ഉത്സവത്തിൽ മതംഗം മുന്നിൽ നടന്നു.
uthsavatthil mathamgam munnil nadannu.
The elephant walked in front at the festival.
All Malayalam words for “elephant”
- മതംഗം (mathamgam) — Elephant, cloud, a mountain.
- സിവരം (sivaram) — Elephant.
- പുരവി (puravi) — Protection, horse, stable, elephant, field, alms.
- ആന (ana) — Elephant. The elephant, seen in forests and at temple festivals.
- ആനച്ചമയം (anachamayam) — Trappings for adorning an elephant.
- ഉത്കടം (uthkadam) — Anger, fluid from the temples of a rogue elephant(in rut), excessiveness, intoxication.
- കളഭം (kalabham) — Perfumed sandal paste, young elephant, the 'Kadambu' tree (Eugenia Racemosa), arrow.
- ഗര്ജ്ജനം (garjjanam) — Roar, loud cry of lion or elephant, cry of rage, sound of thunder, shouting.
- ചെരിയുക (cheriyuka) — Slope down, die (said of an elephant), bend, turn.
- തോട്ടി (thotti) — Hook for plucking fruits, hook for controlling an elephant.
- പിടിയാന (pidiyana) — Female elephant.
- പ്രതിമാനം (prathimanam) — Specimen, sample, image, idol, resemblance, picture, shadow, the space between the two tusks of an elephant, weight.
- ഭുജം (bhujam) — Arm, branch, a side of a triangle, branch of a tree, trunk of an elephant.
- മദം (madam) — Intoxication, liquor, haughtiness, insanity, joy, delight, the fluid that flows from the temples of a rutting elephant.
- രദം (radam) — Tearing, cleavage, scratch, tooth, tusk of elephant.
- ശ്രോതസ്സ് (shrothass) — The ear, trunk of an elephant, flow.
മതംഗം and സിവരം (sivaram) are literary names for the elephant, കളഭം (kalabham) is a young one, ആനച്ചമയം (anachamayam) is the set of ornaments it wears, and ഗര്ജ്ജനം (garjjanam) is its roar.
Common questions
How do you say elephant in Malayalam?
മതംഗം (mathamgam) is a name for the elephant, with സിവരം (sivaram) as another.
What do you call a young elephant?
കളഭം (kalabham), used for a young elephant.