Heaven in Malayalam
Heaven as the abode of the gods is ദേവലോകം (devalokam) in Malayalam, built from the words for god and world. It is readily understood by everyone, though the word Christians and Muslims in Kerala use for heaven in their own scriptures is a different one, not among the options here. Say de-va-lo-kam.
Heaven.
പഴയ കഥകളിൽ ദേവലോകം സുന്ദരമാണ്.
pazhaya kathakalil devalokam sundaramaanu.
In the old stories heaven is beautiful.
All Malayalam words for “heaven”
- ദേവലോകം (devalokam) — Heaven.
- അക്ഷയലോകം (akshayalokam) — Heaven.
- നാകം (naakam) — Heaven, sky, cloud.
- പൊന്നിലം (poonilam) — Heaven, land of gold.
- അഗിരം (agiram) — Fire, heaven.
- ഇന്ദ്രലോകം (indralokam) — The abode of the gods, heaven.
- കല്യാണം (kallyanam) — Auspiciousness, prosperity, celebration, gold, heaven, marriage.
- ത്രിലോകം (thrilokam) — The three worlds- earth, heaven and hell.
- ദിവംഗതനാവുക (divamgathanaavuka) — Go to heaven, die.
ദേവലോകം (devalokam) and ഇന്ദ്രലോകം (indralokam) both name the world of the gods, the second specifically Indra's. നാകം (naakam) and അക്ഷയലോകം (akshayalokam) are literary words for heaven, ത്രിലോകം (thrilokam) is the three worlds taken together, ദിവംഗതനാവുക (divamgathanaavuka) is a polite verb for dying, അഗിരം (agiram) chiefly means fire, and കല്യാണം (kallyanam) in living Malayalam means a wedding.
Common questions
How do you say heaven in Malayalam?
ദേവലോകം (devalokam) is the clearest of these, the world of the gods. Note that the usual word in Christian and Muslim contexts is not on this list.
What does ദിവംഗതനാവുക (divamgathanaavuka) mean exactly?
It is a respectful way of saying someone died, literally that they went to heaven, and it appears in obituaries.