Flight in Malayalam
Flight as the act of flying is പറക്കല് (parakkal), a noun made from parakkuka, to fly. The -kal ending here forms a verbal noun rather than a plural. Flight in the sense of running away is a separate word.
Most common translation
Flying, flight.
പക്ഷികളുടെ പറക്കല് കുട്ടികൾ നോക്കിനിന്നു.
pakshikalude parakkal kuttikal nokkininnu.
The children stood watching the birds in flight.
All Malayalam words for “flight”
- പറക്കല് (parakkal) — Flying, flight.
- പലായനം (palaayanam) — Fleeing, flight, running away, retreat.
- ഓട്ടം (ottam) — Running, race, flight, fast progress.
- മണ്ടല് (mandal) — Running, race, flight.
- പടയോട്ടം (padayottam) — Military assault, war, flight of the army, retreat.
- പടികൾ (padikal) — Stairs, steps leading up or down, a flight of steps; the singular is padi; steps; the stairs one climbs. The stages of a process are called nadapadikal.
- മുങ്ങല് (mungal) — A dip in water, plunging (fig.) flight, running away, escaping.
പറക്കല് is flying; പലായനം is flight in the sense of fleeing, as is മുങ്ങല് figuratively, and പടികൾ gives you a flight of steps.
Common questions
How do you say flight in Malayalam?
പറക്കല് (parakkal), the act of flying.
How do I say a flight of stairs?
പടികൾ (padikal) are the steps or stairs; a single step is padi.