Forest in Malayalam
Among the Malayalam words for woodland, the one that plainly means forest or woods is വിപിനം (vipinam), a Sanskrit-derived term met in writing and poetry rather than in conversation. Spoken Malayalam more often works through compounds about forest land and forest life.
Most common translation
Forest, woods.
വിപിനം പക്ഷികളുടെ ശബ്ദത്താൽ നിറഞ്ഞു.
vipinam pakshikalude shabdathaal niranju
The forest was filled with the sound of birds.
All Malayalam words for “forest”
- വിപിനം (vipinam) — Forest, woods.
- കാട് (kaadu) — Forest, a large area thick with trees, woods, jungle.
- കാടുപിടിക്കുക (kaadupidikkuka) — Enforest, forest.
- കക്ഷം (kaksham) — Armpit, bower, forest, dry grass, marsh, playground, hiding place, harem.
- ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
- കടുവ (kaduva) — Tiger. The striped wild cat of the forest.
- തടി (thadi) — Wood; timber, the hard material got from trees; firewood is virak and a forest is kaadu.
- തെളിക്കല് (thelikkal) — Making clear or pure, clearing forest, driving cattle.
- വനവാസം (vanavaasam) — Forest-life, forest dwelling.
വിപിനം is the literary forest, വനവാസം is life in the forest, കാടുപിടിക്കുക is for land turning into jungle, and തെളിക്കല് is the clearing of it.
Common questions
How do you say forest in Malayalam?
വിപിനം (vipinam), forest or woods.
How do you say living in the forest?
വനവാസം (vanavaasam), forest dwelling, a word familiar from the epics.