Insect in Malayalam
Insect is പൂച്ചി (poochi) in Malayalam, the general word for small crawling and flying creatures, moths included. Children learn it early, and it works for anything too small to need a name of its own.
Most common translation
Insect, moth.
വിളക്കിന് ചുറ്റും ഒരു പൂച്ചി പറക്കുന്നു.
vilakkinu chuttum oru poochi parakkunnu.
A moth is flying around the lamp.
All Malayalam words for “insect”
- പൂച്ചി (poochi) — Insect, moth.
- തേനീച്ച (theneecha) — Bee. An insect that gathers nectar and makes honey.
- പറക്കുക (parakkuka) — Fly; to move through the air, to travel by plane; the insect called a fly is eecha.
പൂച്ചി (poochi) is the general term, while തേനീച്ച (theneecha) is the honeybee and പറക്കുക (parakkuka) is the verb to fly, included only because its entry explains the word for a fly.
Common questions
How do you say insect in Malayalam?
പൂച്ചി (poochi) is the common word.
What is a bee called?
തേനീച്ച (theneecha), the insect that gathers nectar and makes honey.