Saying in Malayalam
A saying in the sense of a proverb is പഴമൊഴി (pazhamozhi), literally an old word, and Malayalam has thousands of them. If you mean the act of saying, that is ചൊല്ലല് (chollal).
Most common translation
Proverb, saying.
മുത്തശ്ശി എപ്പോഴും പഴമൊഴികൾ പറയും.
muthashi eppozhum pazhamozhikal parayum.
Grandmother always quotes proverbs.
All Malayalam words for “saying”
- പഴമൊഴി (pazhamozhi) — Proverb, saying.
- ചൊല്ലല് (chollal) — Saying, advice, order, flattering, uttering, chanting.
- പറച്ചില് (parachil) — Saying, rumour, hearsay.
- ഉദീരണം (udeeranam) — Uttering, saying, speaking.
- വാക്യം (vaakyam) — Sentence, saying, a word of advice, aphorism.
- മൊഴി (mozhi) — Word, language, saying, evidence or statement given in a court of law.
- വാക്ക് (vaakk) — Word, sound produced by man denoting some sense, saying, rumour, advice, promise.
- ഉപചാരം (upacharam) — Nursing, courtesy, reception, worship, complimentary saying.
- തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന (thurannuparayunna) — Frank, open and straightforward in speech, saying plainly what one thinks.
- ബോറടിക്കുക (boradikkuka) — To be bored, to feel dull or fed up; the everyday Malayalam way of saying one is bored.
- മിണ്ടാതെ (mindaathe) — Without speaking, without saying anything, silently.
- വചനം (vachanam) — Word, speech, talk, proverb, wise saying, pronunciation; (gram.) singular or plural number.
- സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് (samsaarikkunnathu) — Speaking; the act of talking, saying words aloud.
udeeranam is the formal noun for uttering, vaakyam is a sentence or aphorism and parachil is hearsay, so each covers a different slice of the English word.
Common questions
How do you say saying in Malayalam?
പഴമൊഴി (pazhamozhi) for a proverb, ചൊല്ലല് (chollal) for the act of saying something.
What is the word for proverb?
പഴമൊഴി (pazhamozhi), the same word, used of collected Malayalam proverbs.