Nymph in Malayalam

A nymph of the heavens is അപ്സര (apsara) in Malayalam, the celestial dancer of Puranic story. The related അപ്സരസ് (apsarasu) is given as a water nymph. Both come straight from Sanskrit mythology.

Most common translation

അപ്സര (apsara)

Heavenly nymph.

മുത്തശ്ശിയുടെ കഥയിൽ ഒരു അപ്സര നൃത്തം ചെയ്തു.

muthashiyude kathayil oru apsara nritham cheythu.

In grandmother's story a heavenly nymph danced.

All Malayalam words for “nymph”

അപ്സര is the heavenly nymph and അപ്സരസ് the water nymph, two forms of the same mythological family of beings.

Common questions

How do you say nymph in Malayalam?

Say അപ്സര (apsara).

What is a water nymph called?

അപ്സരസ് (apsarasu).