Human in Malayalam
Human as a word for the species is മനുഷ്യ (manushy) in Malayalam. The stem is the one that underlies the plural and the compounds, so it is the form to learn first.
Most common translation
Human, to man.
മനുഷ്യ ജീവിതം വളരെ വിലപ്പെട്ടതാണ്.
manushy jeevitham valare vilappettathaanu.
Human life is very precious.
All Malayalam words for “human”
- മനുഷ്യ (manushy) — Human, to man.
- അപ്പി (appi) — Excrement, human faeces.
- കര്മ്മദോഷം (karmmadosham) — Evil consequences of human acts, sin, misfortune.
- ജീവികൾ (jeevikal) — Beings, living creatures; human beings are manushya jeevikal.
- നരര് (narar) — Men, human beings.
- പുരുഷാര്ത്ഥം (purushartham) — Aim or object of human life.
- മദ്ധ്യലോകം (maddhyalokam) — The earth, the human world, the commoners.
- മനുഷ്യജാതി (manushyajathi) — Mankind, humanity, human race.
- മനുഷ്യസ്വഭാവം (manushyaswabhaavam) — Human nature.
- മനുഷ്യർ (manushyar) — Humans, human beings, people as a species.
- മൃഗങ്ങൾ (mrugangal) — Animals, beasts and four footed creatures other than human beings; also livestock.
നരര് (narar) is men or human beings in literary style, ജീവികൾ (jeevikal) is living creatures in general with manushya jeevikal for human beings, and മദ്ധ്യലോകം (maddhyalokam) is the human world as a whole.
Common questions
How do you say human in Malayalam?
Use മനുഷ്യ (manushy) for human or man as a species.
How do you say human beings?
Literary Malayalam has നരര് (narar), and manushya jeevikal is the phrase for human creatures.