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

മീശ (meesha)

Moustache, whiskers.

അച്ഛൻ ഇന്ന് മീശ വടിച്ചു.

achchan innu meesha vadichu.

Father shaved his moustache today.

Dictionary entry

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.