Lion in Malayalam
The lion is സിംഹം (simham) in Malayalam, the word children learn with the picture. It is used freely as praise for a brave or commanding person. Its roar is ഗര്ജ്ജനം (garjjanam).
Most common translation
Lion. The lion, seen in zoos and in stories.
മൃഗശാലയിൽ സിംഹം ഉണ്ട്.
mrugashalayil simham undu.
There is a lion in the zoo.
All Malayalam words for “lion”
- സിംഹം (simham) — Lion. The lion, seen in zoos and in stories.
- ഹരിതകം (harithakam) — Chlorophyll, chlorine, green colour of leaves, lion.
- ഗര്ജ്ജനം (garjjanam) — Roar, loud cry of lion or elephant, cry of rage, sound of thunder, shouting.
simham is the animal, garjjanam is the roar it makes, and harithakam belongs mainly to green pigment and chlorophyll, reaching lion only as a rare secondary sense.
Common questions
How do you say lion in Malayalam?
സിംഹം (simham).
How do you say the lions roar?
ഗര്ജ്ജനം (garjjanam).