Protection in Malayalam

രക്ഷ (raksha) is protection, the noun people actually use, and it stretches from a bodyguard's protection to the sacred ash on a forehead and the thread tied as a charm. It is the noun beside the common verb for protecting.

Most common translation

രക്ഷ (raksha)

Protection, preserving, saving, salvation, charm, talisman, family deity, ashes on the forehead.

കുടയാണ് മഴയിൽ നമ്മുടെ രക്ഷ.

kudayaanu mazhayil nammude raksha

The umbrella is our protection in the rain.

All Malayalam words for “protection”

പരിരക്ഷ (pariraksha) and പാലനം (palanam) are formal words for protection and preservation used in official and literary registers, പരിപാലനം (paripalanam) and പുലര്‍ത്തല്‍ (pularthal) carry maintenance and support alongside it, and ത്രാണം (thraanam) and പുരവി (puravi) are old poetic words.

Common questions

How do you say protection in Malayalam?

രക്ഷ (raksha).

Which word suits legal protection of a right?

പരിരക്ഷ (pariraksha), the formal noun for protection and preservation.