Moustache in Malayalam
Moustache is മീശ (meesha) in Malayalam, two syllables, mee-sha, with a long first vowel. It is the plain spoken word, and it also feeds a cluster of idioms about male pride.
Most common translation
Moustache, whiskers.
അച്ഛൻ ഇന്ന് മീശ വടിച്ചു.
achchan innu meesha vadichu.
Father shaved his moustache today.
Dictionary entry
- മീശ (meesha) — Moustache, whiskers.
മീശ (meesha) covers a moustache and whiskers, and figuratively it stands for self-respect, which is why twirling one's meesha signals bravado.
Common questions
How do you say moustache in Malayalam?
Say മീശ (meesha) for a moustache.
What do the moustache idioms mean?
Talk of someone's meesha drooping or being shaved off means their pride has taken a blow, a very common figure in speech and film dialogue.