Sage in Malayalam
A sage is മഹര്ഷി (maharshi), the great seer of the epics and of religious writing, a title attached to names rather than a casual word for a wise person. The first element means great and the second a seer.
Most common translation
Great sage, Buddha, Siva.
പണ്ട് കാട്ടിൽ ഒരു മഹർഷി താമസിച്ചിരുന്നു.
pandu kaattil oru maharshi thamasichirunnu.
Long ago, a great sage lived in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “sage”
- മഹര്ഷി (maharshi) — Great sage, Buddha, Siva.
- അഹല്യ (ahalya) — Wife of the sage Gautama.
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
kavi is a poet or scholar that the dictionary also glosses as sage, and ahalya is the name of one particular sage's wife, not a word for sage at all.
Common questions
How do you say sage in Malayalam?
മഹര്ഷി (maharshi), the word for a great sage or seer.
Does this cover sage the herb?
No. The plant is not in this list; these entries are all about holy men and scholars.