Eye-ball in Malayalam
For the eyeball Malayalam offers കണ്മിഴി (kanmizhi), a compound built from the words for eye and the eye's opening. It reads as slightly literary but it is transparent, and a listener understands it at once.
Most common translation
Eye-ball.
കുട്ടിയുടെ കണ്മിഴി സന്തോഷത്താല് തിളങ്ങുന്നു
kuttiyude kanmizhi santhoshatthaal thilangunnu
The child's eyeball shines with joy.
All Malayalam words for “eye-ball”
- കണ്മിഴി (kanmizhi) — Eye-ball.
- ലോചകം (lochakam) — Eye-ball, collyrium, blue dress, mass of flesh.
ലോചകം (lochakam) also means eyeball but is a Sanskritic word carrying several unrelated senses, including the collyrium applied to the eyes, so കണ്മിഴി (kanmizhi) is the safer choice.
Common questions
How do you say eye-ball in Malayalam?
കണ്മിഴി (kanmizhi), a compound that names the ball of the eye.
Would a doctor use kanmizhi?
In plain speech yes, though medical Malayalam mostly borrows English terms for the parts of the eye.