Mountain in Malayalam
Mountain is മല (mala) in everyday Malayalam, used for hills and for high mountains alike. Where a text wants a formal register, പര്വ്വതം (parvvatham) does the same job.
Most common translation
A hill, mountain.
അവർ മല കയറി.
avar mala kayari.
They climbed the mountain.
All Malayalam words for “mountain”
- മല (mala) — A hill, mountain.
- നകം (nakam) — Mountain, nail.
- പര്വ്വതം (parvvatham) — Mountain, hill.
- അഗം (agam) — That cannot move, mountain, tree.
- കുന്ന് (kunn) — Hill, mountain.
- പുരളി (purali) — Fort, mountain, North Kottayam.
- ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
- ദുര്ഗ്ഗം (durggam) — Fort, wall, mountain.
- പീലി (peeli) — Tail-feather of a peacock, eyelash, tender leaf- blade of a palm tree, mountain, gold, decorative fan made of peacock feathers used in state or temple processions.
- മതംഗം (mathamgam) — Elephant, cloud, a mountain.
- അഗസ്ത്യകുടം (agasthyakudam) — Mountain peak in the sahyan mountains (kanyakumari district).
- ഉദയഗിരി (udyagiri) — The mountain from which the sun seems to rise.
- കൊടുമുടി (kodumudi) — Peak, the top of a mountain; the highest point of something.
- ഗുഹ (guha) — Cave, cavity in a mountain, grotto.
- ചുരം (churam) — Difficult ghat road, steep ascent, narrow mountain pass.
- പാദം (padham) — Foot, leg, one line of a verse, base (of a tree or mountain), footstep.
മല (mala) and കുന്ന് (kunn) are the common words, പര്വ്വതം (parvvatham) is the Sanskrit term, and നകം (nakam) and അഗം (agam) are poetic, with നകം (nakam) also meaning a nail.
Common questions
How do you say mountain in Malayalam?
Say മല (mala).
Which word is better in formal writing?
പര്വ്വതം (parvvatham) reads as more formal than മല (mala).