Omen in Malayalam
An omen is ശകുനം (shakunam) in Malayalam, traditionally the first thing seen on setting out on a journey. A bad omen is ദുര്നിമിത്തം (durnimitham), and നിമിത്തം (nimitham) covers signs and causes more broadly. Omens of this kind still figure in Kerala custom.
Most common translation
An omen, the first object seen on setting out on a journey, indicative sign of good or evil happening in the future, bird.
യാത്രയ്ക്ക് നല്ല ശകുനം വേണമെന്ന് പഴമക്കാര് പറയും.
yaathraykku nalla shakunam venamennu pazhamakkaar parayum.
The elders say you need a good omen for a journey.
All Malayalam words for “omen”
- ശകുനം (shakunam) — An omen, the first object seen on setting out on a journey, indicative sign of good or evil happening in the future, bird.
- നിമിത്തം (nimitham) — Reason, cause, indication, mark, aim, omen.
- ദുര്നിമിത്തം (durnimitham) — Ill-omen, bad omen, inauspicious sign.
ശകുനം is a sign of good or ill to come, ദുര്നിമിത്തം is specifically an ill omen, and നിമിത്തം spreads across reason, cause, mark and omen.
Common questions
How do you say omen in Malayalam?
Say ശകുനം (shakunam).
How do you say bad omen?
ദുര്നിമിത്തം (durnimitham).