Flying in Malayalam
Flying, as a noun naming the act of flight, is പറക്കല് (parakkal) in Malayalam. It is built on the ordinary verb for a bird or a plane flying and is the plain word for flight. Three syllables: pa-rak-kal.
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 “flying”
- പറക്കല് (parakkal) — Flying, flight.
- ഉല്പതനം (ulpathanam) — Leaping up, soaring, flying, (chem.) sublimation.
- പതനം (pathanam) — Fall, downfall, decline, setting, ruin, death, stage, flying.
- നരി (nari) — Jackal, tiger, flying fox.
- പ്രപതനം (prapathanam) — Fall, steep descent, precipitous descent, flying off.
- വിമാനം (vimanam) — Plane; an aeroplane, an aircraft that carries people or goods; aircraft. A flying machine such as an aeroplane or a helicopter.
Of the options listed, parakkal is flying or flight in the general sense; ഉല്പതനം (ulpathanam) is soaring or leaping up and also means sublimation in chemistry, while വിമാനം (vimanam) is the aeroplane itself.
Common questions
How do you say flying in Malayalam?
Flying is പറക്കല് (parakkal).
Is parakkal used for air travel?
It names the act of flying, so for a journey or a flight number the word for the aircraft, വിമാനം (vimanam), or a borrowed English term is more usual.