Physician in Malayalam
A physician is ചികിത്സകന് (chikilsakan), built on the noun for treatment. Say chi-kil-sa-kan. It is the formal term, used of doctors in writing and in Ayurveda alike.
Most common translation
Physician, doctor.
നല്ല ചികിത്സകന് രോഗിയെ ആശ്വസിപ്പിക്കും.
nalla chikilsakan rogiye aashvasippikkum.
A good physician comforts the patient.
All Malayalam words for “physician”
- ചികിത്സകന് (chikilsakan) — Physician, doctor.
- ഡോക്ടർ (doktar) — Doctor. A person trained to treat the sick; physician.
- പണ്ഡിതന് (pandithan) — Learned or wise man, physician.
- മാസ്മരവിദ്യ (maasmaravidya) — Mesmerism, hypnotic power, application of mental power to influence or make others sleep etc. (known after Franz Mesmer, a German physician.
ഡോക്ടർ (doktar) is the borrowed everyday word people actually say, and പണ്ഡിതന് (pandithan) means a learned man, which in older usage took in the village physician.
Common questions
How do you say physician in Malayalam?
Physician is ചികിത്സകന് (chikilsakan).
Which word do people use when speaking?
ഡോക്ടർ (doktar). chikilsakan sounds formal and belongs mainly to writing.