Jackal in Malayalam
The jackal that howls at night is a നരി (nari). Be aware that in some places the same word is used loosely for a tiger or a fox, so Malayalam is less precise here than English.
Most common translation
Jackal, tiger, flying fox.
രാത്രി കാട്ടിൽ ഒരു നരി ഓരിയിട്ടു.
raathri kaattil oru nari oriyittu
At night a jackal howled in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “jackal”
- നരി (nari) — Jackal, tiger, flying fox.
- ഓരിയിടുക (oriyiduka) — Howl as a jackal does.
ഓരിയിടുക (oriyiduka) is not an animal at all but the verb for that long howling cry a jackal makes.
Common questions
How do you say jackal in Malayalam?
നരി (nari), the jackal.
How do you describe a jackal howling?
ഓരിയിടുക (oriyiduka) is the verb, used of jackals and, insultingly, of people wailing.