Holy in Malayalam
Holiness is carried in Malayalam by the elements punya and thiru rather than by one bare adjective, and the nearest single word in this list is പുണ്യവതി (punyavathi), a holy or pious woman. The honorific thiru marks what is sacred, as in thirunamam, a holy name. The Malayalam you pick therefore depends on who or what is holy.
Holy, virtuous or pious woman, saint.
എല്ലാവരും ആ പുണ്യവതിയെ ബഹുമാനിച്ചു.
ellaavarum aa punyavathiye bahumaanichu.
Everyone respected that virtuous woman.
All Malayalam words for “holy”
- പുണ്യവതി (punyavathi) — Holy, virtuous or pious woman, saint.
- അദിവ്യ (adivya) — Not very holy, common place, not divine.
- കാശി (kashi) — The holy city of Kashi (Banaras)in North India.
- തിരുനാമം (thirunamam) — Holy name, name of a deity, name of a king.
- തിരുവചനം (thiruvachanam) — Holy words, gospel.
- തിരുസഭ (thirusabha) — The Holy Church (Chr).
- തീര്ത്ഥം (theertham) — Holy water, holy place, ferry, water of the Ganges.
- ദിവ്യന് (divyan) — A heavenly hero, a divine person, a god-man, a holy person, a seer.
- പരിപാവനം (paripaavanam) — Sth. very holy or sacred.
- പുണ്യകാലം (punyakaalam) — Holy or auspicious time (season).
- പുണ്യതീര്ത്ഥം (punyatheertham) — Place of pilgrimage, water of a sacred river, holy water.
- പുണ്യദിനം (punyadinam) — A holy or blessed day.
- പുരാണ (puraana) — Ancient, antiquarian, very old, antiquated, pert. to the Puranas or holy scriptures.
- പുരാണം (puranam) — Sacred or holy poetical work, legend, old history, mythology.
- മഞ്ജരി (manjari) — Bunch of flowers, a tender bunch, climbing vine, holy basil, name of a Dravidian metre, bouquet.
- മഠം (madam) — Monastery, convent, nunnery, house of a Brahmin, school for teaching the Vedas (holy scriptures), ancient Gurukula.
- മാലാഖ (maalaaga) — Angel, messenger of god; (fig.) holy person with divine qualities, a noble, virtuous woman.
- വിശുദ്ധം (vishuddham) — What is holy, pure, sinless or saintly.
- ശുശ്രൂഷ (shushroosha) — Serving, service, waiting on, attending to, menial service, holy service in the church.
- സമാധി (samaadhi) — Deep meditation, death (of sages, ascetics and holy persons), burial, tomb (of holy persons).
- ഹോമം (Homam) — Offering holy materials to the sacrificial fire while chanting 'mantras'.
punyavathi is a holy woman and divyan a holy or divine person, while thirunamam, thiruvachanam, thirusabha and theertham apply holiness to a name, to scripture, to the Church and to water, and adivya describes what is not holy.
Common questions
How do you say holy in Malayalam?
There is no bare adjective among these entries; പുണ്യവതി (punyavathi) is a holy woman, and the prefix thiru marks holy things, as in thirunamam, holy name.
How do you say holy water?
theertham, holy water or a holy place.