Hair in Malayalam

The hair on your head is തലമുടി (thalamudi), a compound of thala, head, and mudi, hair. That is the word in daily use at the barber shop and at home.

Most common translation

തലമുടി (thalamudi)

Hair (on the head).

അവൾ തലമുടി ഭംഗിയായി കെട്ടിവച്ചു.

aval thalamudi bhangiyayi kettivachu.

She tied her hair neatly.

All Malayalam words for “hair”

തലമുടി (thalamudi) is hair on the head; കബരി (kabari) is braided or false hair, തിരിപ്പന്‍ (thirippan) a wig, ചെട (cheda) matted hair, ജടയന്‍ (jadayan) a man with matted hair, ആവര്‍ത്തകം (aavarthakam) curled hair, ചിക്കുക (chikkuka) the verb for combing out tangles, and തലനാരിഴ (thalanaarizha) the idiom a hair's breadth.

Common questions

How do you say hair in Malayalam?

തലമുടി (thalamudi) is the word for the hair on the head.

How do I talk about a hair's breadth escape?

Use തലനാരിഴ (thalanaarizha), the width of a single hair, which is the standard way of describing a narrow escape.