Hindu in Malayalam
No word for Hindu as such appears among these options; each names something within Hindu practice. ഒരിക്കല് (orikkal) is a religious fast of one meal a day, and നവരാത്രി (navarathri) is the nine-night festival of October. So the religion and its followers are not covered.
A Hindu religious fast (having only one meal a day).
മുത്തശ്ശി ഇന്ന് ഒരിക്കൽ എടുത്തിരിക്കുകയാണ്.
muthashi innu orikkal eduthirikkukayaanu.
Grandmother is observing a one-meal fast today.
All Malayalam words for “hindu”
- ഒരിക്കല് (orikkal) — A Hindu religious fast (having only one meal a day).
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മരാമായണം (adhyathmaramayanam) — One of the great Hindu epics in which Sri Rama is depicted as an incarnation of Vishnu.
- നവരാത്രി (navarathri) — A Hindu festival of nine day's duration in October.
- പഴനി (pazhani) — A centre of Hindu pilgrimage in Tamilnadu.
- പാരിജാതം (parijatham) — A divine tree (got from the ocean of milk when it was being churned by the Devas (gods) and Asuras according to Hindu mythology), a tree with fragrant flowers, fragrance.
The options are observances and places of Hindu life, not the word Hindu, with orikkal a fast and പഴനി (pazhani) a pilgrimage centre.
Common questions
How do you say Hindu in Malayalam?
The word itself is not among these; they name Hindu observances such as ഒരിക്കല് (orikkal), a one-meal fast.
Which option is a festival?
നവരാത്രി (navarathri), the nine-day festival held in October.