Sea in Malayalam
The sea is കടല് (kadal), the plain everyday word used by fishermen and weather bulletins alike. സമുദ്രം (samudram) is the Sanskrit-derived equivalent you meet in formal writing and in names, and ആഴി (azhi) belongs to poetry and song.
Most common translation
Sea, ocean.
ഇന്ന് രാവിലെ കടല് ശാന്തമാണ്
innu raavile kadal shaanthamaanu
This morning the sea is calm.
All Malayalam words for “sea”
- കടല് (kadal) — Sea, ocean.
- അബ്ധി (abdhi) — Sea, ocean.
- ആഴി (azhi) — Sea, ocean, burning fire, pyre, pond, ring.
- ഓത (otha) — Sea, wetness.
- നിത്യം (nithyam) — Sea, daily observance, practice.
- സമുദ്രം (samudram) — Sea, ocean.
- ജലാശയം (jalaashayam) — Reservoir of water, well, pond, lake, sea, etc.
- അമൃത മഥനം (amrutha mathanam) — Churning of the sea of milk by Suras(gods) on one side and Asuras(demons) on the other to obtain Ambrosia.
- ഇരച്ചില് (irachil) — Roar, roar of the sea.
- കടല്ക്കാറ്റ് (kadalkkaatt) — Sea breeze.
- കടല്ത്തീരം (kadaltheeram) — Sea shore, coast.
- കടൽ (kadal) — Sea. The sea or ocean.
- കപ്പലോട്ടം (kapplottam) — Sailing, sea voyage.
- കപ്പൽ (kappal) — Ship, a large vessel that carries people or goods over the sea.
- തീരദേശ (theeradesha) — Coastal, of the sea shore or the land lying near it.
- പുറങ്കടല് (purankadal) — Open sea, the high seas.
- പൊഴി (pozhi) — Sand bank between the sea and back waters (which disappears during monsoon), furrow for sowing seed in the ploughed field, groove.
abdhi is literary, jalaashayam means a body of water such as a pond or a reservoir, and nithyam sits oddly in this list; its ordinary meanings are daily observance and practice.
Common questions
How do you say sea in Malayalam?
Say കടല് (kadal). In formal style, സമുദ്രം (samudram).
What is the difference between kadal and samudram?
Both mean sea or ocean. kadal is the spoken word; samudram sounds formal and grand.