Eyes in Malayalam
Eyes is കണ്ണുകൾ (kannukal) in Malayalam, the plural of the word for eye, and it is as everyday as words come. The double nn is held, and that length is what keeps it distinct from similar-sounding words.
Most common translation
Eyes, the two eyes with which one sees.
അവളുടെ കണ്ണുകൾ വലുതാണ്.
avalude kannukal valuthaanu.
Her eyes are big.
All Malayalam words for “eyes”
- കണ്ണുകൾ (kannukal) — Eyes, the two eyes with which one sees.
- ഉറങ്ങുക (urangguka) — Sleep, to rest with eyes closed; to fall asleep at night.
- കണ്ണു കാണിക്കുക (kannu kanikkuka) — Wink, hint, make gestures with the eyes.
- നിര്ന്നിമേഷം (nirnnimesham) — Without winking the eyes.
- നോക്കുക (nokkuka) — Looked, turned the eyes towards, gazed; listed here as the verb to look.
- പ്രത്യക്ഷം (prathyaksham) — Direct visibility, that which pertains to the senses, knowledge gained through the sense organs, that which is before the eyes.
- പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുക (prathyakshappeduka) — Appear before the eyes, come before the eyes, meet the eye.
- മടുമലര്മിഴി (madumalarmizhi) — Woman with eyes like blossomed flowers, a beautiful woman.
- മൈക്കണ്ണി (maikkanni) — Woman who applies collyrium to the eyes, a beautiful woman.
കണ്ണുകൾ is the body part. നോക്കുക is the verb to look, കണ്ണു കാണിക്കുക is to signal with the eyes, and literary entries such as മടുമലര്മിഴി and മൈക്കണ്ണി describe a beautiful woman through her eyes.
Common questions
How do you say eyes in Malayalam?
കണ്ണുകൾ (kannukal).
Are there poetic words for eyes in Malayalam songs?
Film lyrics are full of them; this page has മടുമലര്മിഴി, a woman with eyes like opened flowers, which shows the pattern.