Pyre in Malayalam
The place where a pyre is built is പട്ടട (pattada), the cremation ground or funeral platform, with the tt held hard in the middle. It is the word in death notices and in talk about last rites. The act of lighting it is കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കുക (kollivaykkuka), to set the fire.
Burial ground, cremation ground, graveyard, funeral pyre.
പട്ടട ഗ്രാമത്തിന്റെ അറ്റത്താണ്.
pattada graamathinte attathaanu.
The cremation ground is at the edge of the village.
All Malayalam words for “pyre”
- പട്ടട (pattada) — Burial ground, cremation ground, graveyard, funeral pyre.
- ആഴി (azhi) — Sea, ocean, burning fire, pyre, pond, ring.
- കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കുക (kollivaykkuka) — Set fire to, destroy, burn down, kindle the pyre, set on fire.
The word pattada names the ground or platform rather than the stack of wood itself, and ആഴി (azhi) only reaches pyre through its poetic sense of burning fire, its first meaning being sea or ocean.
Common questions
How do you say pyre in Malayalam?
The nearest word is പട്ടട (pattada), the cremation ground or funeral pyre site.
How do you say light the pyre?
That is കൊള്ളിവയ്ക്കുക (kollivaykkuka), the verb for kindling the pyre or setting something alight.