Pupil in Malayalam
ശിഷ്യന് (shishyan) is a pupil in the old sense, the student of a particular teacher, a disciple. It still carries the weight of that bond, and in a classical art it is the word a learner uses of themselves.
Pupil, student, disciple, servant.
അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ശിഷ്യന് ഇപ്പോൾ അധ്യാപകനാണ്.
addehathinte shishyan ippol adhyaapakanaanu.
His pupil is now a teacher.
All Malayalam words for “pupil”
- ശിഷ്യന് (shishyan) — Pupil, student, disciple, servant.
- വിദ്യാർഥി (vidyaarthi) — Student. A person who studies in a school or college; pupil.
- ഗുരുദക്ഷിണ (gurudakshina) — The gift offered by the pupil to his preceptor at the end of his education.
വിദ്യാർഥി (vidyaarthi) is a student at a school or college, the neutral modern word. The pupil of the eye is something else entirely and is not covered by either entry, while ഗുരുദക്ഷിണ (gurudakshina) is the gift a pupil gives a teacher at the end of study.
Common questions
How do you say pupil in Malayalam?
ശിഷ്യന് (shishyan) for a teacher's pupil, വിദ്യാർഥി (vidyaarthi) for a school student.
Is the word used for the pupil of the eye?
No. That is a separate anatomical word, not among these entries.