Fierce in Malayalam
Fierce, in the sense of something strong and frightening, is ഉഗ്രം (ugram), said ug-ram. It describes a fierce animal, a fierce heat or a fierce form of a deity, and it has a weighty, formal ring. The first option in the list, കടും (kadum), works only as the front part of compounds.
That which is strong, fierce or powerful; air.
ഉച്ചയ്ക്ക് ഉഗ്രമായ ചൂടായിരുന്നു.
uchaykku ugramaya choodayirunnu.
At noon the heat was fierce.
All Malayalam words for “fierce”
- ഉഗ്രം (ugram) — That which is strong, fierce or powerful; air.
- കടും (kadum) — Strong, fierce, intense.
- അഘോര (aghora) — Gentle, mild, fierce, terrible.
- ഉത്കട (uthkada) — Excessive, haughty, strong, much, fierce.
- അഘോരം (aghoram) — Fierce of siva, a mantra relating to siva, heat, knowledge.
- ഉഗ്രനിഷ്ഠ (ugranishta) — Fierce practice, performance or ritual.
ഉഗ്രം (ugram) stands on its own for fierce and powerful, കടും (kadum) and ഉത്കട (uthkada) are combining forms meaning strong or excessive, അഘോര (aghora) is a classical word pulling in two directions at once, and ഉഗ്രനിഷ്ഠ (ugranishta) is fierce religious practice.
Common questions
How do you say fierce in Malayalam?
Say ഉഗ്രം (ugram).
Why not use കടും (kadum)?
Because it normally appears joined to another word rather than standing alone.