Head in Malayalam
Head has a formal Malayalam name, ശീര്ഷം (sheersham), used in anatomy, in headings and in compounds. Read it in two beats, sheer-sham. The list also shows thalakal, the plural heads of the ordinary everyday word.
Most common translation
Head.
ശീർഷം എന്നാൽ തല എന്നാണ് അർത്ഥം.
sheersham ennal thala ennanu arththam.
Sheersham means head.
All Malayalam words for “head”
- ശീര്ഷം (sheersham) — Head.
- തല (thala) — Head, the top part of the body holding the face and brain, also the top or leading part of something.
- മൗലി (mouli) — Head, hair tied into a knot, peak, diadem, crown.
- മുടി (mudi) — Hair, head, top, crown, sheaf or stalks of corn, a bundle.
- മൂര്ദ്ധ (moorddha) — Top of the head, head, forehead, the top.
- അദ്ധ്യക്ഷന് (addhyakshan) — Superintendent, chairman, head of the department, president, leader.
- ഉറുമാല് (urumal) — Kerchief (for tying round the head), hand kerchief.
- കഴുത്ത് (kazhuthu) — Neck, the part of the body joining the head to the shoulders.
- കുട (kuda) — Umbrella. A folding cover held over the head against rain or sun.
- കുമ്പിടുക (kumbiduka) — Bow in reverence bend the head respectfully, salute, greet.
- ഗവർണർ (gavarnar) — Governor; the head of a state appointed by the central government, or the head of a bank or institution.
- ചൂടുക (chooduka) — Wear on the head, be crowned.
- ജാലകം (jaalakam) — Window, lattice-window, fresh flower bud, multitude, the calyx as it appears before budding, ornament for the head, fraud.
- ഡോൺ (don) — Don, a title placed before a name and, in films, the head of a criminal gang; the English verb to don means to put on clothing, dharikkuka.
- തലകുലുക്കല് (thalakulukkal) — Nodding the head, a sign of agreement.
- തലകൾ (thalakal) — Heads. More than one head; the upper part of the body holding the face and brain.
- തലച്ചോറ് (thalachoru) — Brain, the organ inside the head that controls the body and thinking.
- തലമുടി (thalamudi) — Hair (on the head).
- തിരുമുടി (thirumudi) — The royal head, crown (on the head of a king or deity).
- തൊപ്പി (thoppi) — Cap. A head covering; hat.
- നടുതല (naduthala) — Plants or seeds for cultivation, tubers, etc. harvested once a year, the crown of the head.
- നില (nila) — Condition, state, position, a fathom depth, (water level up to one's head), standing, camp, stature, manners, storey of a building.
- പൊത്തുക (pothuka) — Hide, cover, close; anoint the head with oil, perform oblations to the manes, add faggots to make the fire burn.
- പ്രസിഡന്റ് (prasidant) — President, the head of a country, a club or an organization.
- മേയർ (meyar) — Mayor; the elected head of a city corporation.
- യജമാനന് (yajamaanan) — A man who performs Yaga at his own expense, one who has a Yaga performed, owner, master, lord, boss, head of the house-hold.
sheersham is the head as a body part, moorddha the crown or top of the head, mudi the hair on it, and prasidant or gavarnar translate head in the sense of a person in charge.
Common questions
How do you say head in Malayalam?
ശീര്ഷം (sheersham), the head.
What about the head of an organization?
prasidant is the head of a country or club, and gavarnar the head of a state or a bank.