Parrot in Malayalam

A parrot is തത്ത (thatha) in everyday Malayalam, the green bird with a curved beak that mimics speech. കിളി (kili) is the broader word for bird and is often used for a parrot too.

Most common translation

തത്ത (thatha)

Parrot. A green bird with a curved beak that can mimic speech.

തത്ത പച്ച നിറമാണ്.

thatha pacha niramaanu.

The parrot is green in colour.

All Malayalam words for “parrot”

kili can mean any bird, painkili is the beautiful green bird of songs and stories, and thatha is the plain name for the parrot.

Common questions

How do you say parrot in Malayalam?

തത്ത (thatha).

What does painkili mean?

A beautiful, dear green bird, often the parrot of poetry.