Fire in Malayalam
In writing and in compounds, fire is അഗ്നി (agni), the familiar Sanskrit word that also names the god of fire. Say the g and n together, ag-ni. It turns up in dozens of compounds a reader meets in print and on signs.
Most common translation
Fire, fire-god.
അഗ്നിയിൽ നിന്ന് അകലം പാലിക്കണം.
agniyil ninnu akalam paalikkanam.
One must keep a distance from fire.
All Malayalam words for “fire”
- അഗ്നി (agni) — Fire, fire-god.
- അഗിരം (agiram) — Fire, heaven.
- ദാഹകം (daahakam) — Fire, that which burns.
- പാചകം (pajakam) — Cooking, fire, digestive enzyme.
- ജ്വലനം (jwalanam) — Burning, light, blazing, fire, ignition, inflammation.
- തീ കൊളുത്തുക (thee koluthuka) — Set fire to, light, fire.
- വാശി (vaashi) — Obstinacy, measure, excess, surplus, cure, fire, the medicinal plant, Kotuveli.
- അഗ്നികണം (agnikanam) — Spark of fire.
- അഗ്നിതപസ് (agnithapasu) — Penance with fire on all the four sides and the sun overhead.
- അഗ്നിപ്രളയം (agnipralayam) — Deluge of fire, all embracing destruction caused by fire, all-consuming and all pervading fire.
- അഗ്നിവര്ണ്ണം (agnivarnnam) — Having the colour of fire, a kind of foreign liquor (brandy).
- അഗ്നിശമനി (agnishamani) — Fire extinguisher.
- അഗ്നിശിഖ (agnishikha) — Flame of fire.
- അഗ്നിസാക്ഷിക (agnisakshika) — Having fire as a witness (in sacred rites), done(married)before fire.
- അഗ്നിസാക്ഷിണി (agnisakshini) — Woman married with the sacred fire as witness.
- അഗ്നിസ്ഫുലിഗം (agnisphuligam) — A spark of fire.
- അഗ്നിഹോത്രം (agnihothram) — Oblation to fire, sacrificial fire (yaga).
- ആഴി (azhi) — Sea, ocean, burning fire, pyre, pond, ring.
- കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കുക (kollivaykkuka) — Set fire to, destroy, burn down, kindle the pyre, set on fire.
- തീ (thee) — Fire. Flame or fire; a large fire is thee pidutham.
- തീ കത്തിക്കുക (thee kathikkuka) — Set fire to, kindle.
- തീക്കളി (theekkali) — Plying with fire; (idm.) a dangerous experiment or action.
- തീപ്പിടിക്കുക (theeppidikkuka) — Catch fire, be on fire.
- തോക്കുകൾ (thokkukal) — Guns. Weapons that fire bullets, such as rifles and pistols; firearms.
- നീരാജനം (neerajanam) — A fire or illumination-offering to the deity, worshipping with lamp or light.
- പിരിക്കുക (pirikkuka) — Separate, server, tighten, twist the strands to make rope, remove burning firewood and extinguish fire, collect.
- പുക (puka) — Smoke. The smoke from fire; also fumes or vapour.
- പൊത്തുക (pothuka) — Hide, cover, close; anoint the head with oil, perform oblations to the manes, add faggots to make the fire burn.
- ബാണം (banam) — Arrow, fire works, rocket.
- വാങ്ങല് (vaangal) — Withdrawal, buying, removing a vessel from the fire.
- ഹോമം (Homam) — Offering holy materials to the sacrificial fire while chanting 'mantras'.
അഗ്നി is the dignified compound-forming word, as in അഗ്നിശമനി, a fire extinguisher, and അഗ്നികണം, a spark; അഗിരം is an old poetic term, and തോക്കുകൾ are guns that fire bullets.
Common questions
How do you say fire in Malayalam?
അഗ്നി (agni).
How do you say fire extinguisher?
അഗ്നിശമനി (agnishamani), literally the queller of fire.