Procession in Malayalam
No listed entry is the plain general word for a procession. The nearest is the borrowing മാർച്ച് (maarchu), which covers a march or procession as well as the month of March. The other entries each name a particular kind of procession.
March, the third month of the year; also a march or procession.
മാർച്ച് മാസത്തിൽ പരീക്ഷ തുടങ്ങും.
maarchu maasathil pareeksha thudangum.
The exams begin in March.
All Malayalam words for “procession”
- മാർച്ച് (maarchu) — March, the third month of the year; also a march or procession.
- എഴുന്നരുളുക (ezunnaruluka) — March in a solemn procession (spoken of gods, kings and such distinguished personages).
- ജൈത്രയാത്ര (jaithrayaathra) — Procession celebrating victory, triumphant march, triumphal procession.
- നഗരപ്രദക്ഷിണം (nagarapradakshinam) — Procession going round the city.
ജൈത്രയാത്ര (jaithrayaathra) is a victory procession, നഗരപ്രദക്ഷിണം (nagarapradakshinam) one that goes round a town, and എഴുന്നരുളുക (ezunnaruluka) is the verb used when deities or dignitaries move in solemn procession.
Common questions
How do you say procession in Malayalam?
No general term is listed; മാർച്ച് (maarchu) is the nearest, used for a march or procession.
Which word fits a temple procession of a deity?
എഴുന്നരുളുക (ezunnaruluka) is the verb used when a deity proceeds in state.