Eye in Malayalam
The plain spoken word for eye is not in this list, so the pick is അക്ഷി (akshi), the Sanskrit-derived noun for an eye. It belongs to poetry, medical terms and compounds rather than everyday talk. Say it ak-shi.
Eye, the number two.
അക്ഷി എന്നാല് കണ്ണ് എന്നാണ് അര്ത്ഥം.
akshi ennaal kannu ennaanu arthham.
Akshi means eye.
All Malayalam words for “eye”
- അക്ഷി (akshi) — Eye, the number two.
- കണ്ണ് (kannu) — Eye, the organ of sight, also sight or a watchful look.
- ദൃഷ്ടി (drushti) — Eye, sight, look, intelligence, knowledge, mental view, attention.
- ദര്ശനം (darshanam) — View, divine sight, eye, mirror, philosophy.
- വീക്ഷണം (veekshanam) — Look, outlook, view, eye.
- അകക്കണ്ണ് (akakkannu) — Inner eye, insight,.
- അഞ്ജനം (anjanam) — Ink, cosmetic(applied on the eye), antimony, collyrium.
- ഇമ (ima) — Eye- lash.
- കണ്ണു വയ്ക്കുക (kannu vykkuka) — Speak enviously about, have an avaricious eye on.
- കണ്ണുനോവ് (kannunovu) — Sore eye, ophthalmia, conjunctivitis.
- കണ്ണേറ് (kanneru) — Evil eye.
- കരുകരുക്കുക (karukarukkuka) — Have irritation in the eye.
- കലിക്കുക (kalikkuka) — Feel pain or irritation in the eye, be surfeited with sweets.
- ചീങ്കണ്ണ് (cheenkannu) — Soreness of the eye, an eye disease.
- ജ്ഞാനദൃഷ്ടി (jnaanadrushti) — Inner eye, fore-knowledge, divine knowledge.
- ദൃഷ്ടിദോഷം (drushtidosham) — Faulty scrutiny, error in observation, effect of 'evil eye'.
- നിമിഷം (nimisham) — A moment, winking of the eye, time for a wink, closing in as of the petals of a flower.
- പൊട്ടക്കണ്ണ് (pottakkannu) — Blind eye, blindness.
- പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുക (prathyakshappeduka) — Appear before the eyes, come before the eyes, meet the eye.
- മീലനം (meelanam) — Closing the eye, winking, closing (of the petals of a flower).
- ഹ്രസ്വദൃഷ്ടി (hraswadrishti) — Not far-sighted; an eye disease, myopia, shortness of sight, short sight.
Several entries are built on the common spoken word instead: അകക്കണ്ണ് is the inner eye or insight, കണ്ണുനോവ് is sore eye, കണ്ണേറ് is the evil eye, കണ്ണു വയ്ക്കുക is to cast a covetous eye on something, ഇമ is an eyelash, and അഞ്ജനം is the kohl applied to the eyes.
Common questions
How do you say eye in Malayalam?
അക്ഷി (akshi) is the word given here, a literary and technical term for the eye.
What is the evil eye called?
കണ്ണേറ് (kanneru), widely talked about in Kerala, and കണ്ണു വയ്ക്കുക (kannu vykkuka) is to look at something with envy or greed.