Seer in Malayalam
ദിവ്യന് (divyan) is the entry closest to seer, a divine or holy person with insight beyond the ordinary. It is respectful and a little grand, the register of religious writing rather than conversation.
Most common translation
A heavenly hero, a divine person, a god-man, a holy person, a seer.
ഗ്രാമത്തിലെ ദിവ്യനെ എല്ലാവരും ബഹുമാനിച്ചു.
gramathile divyane ellavarum bahumanichu.
Everyone respected the holy man of the village.
All Malayalam words for “seer”
- ദിവ്യന് (divyan) — A heavenly hero, a divine person, a god-man, a holy person, a seer.
- ബുദ്ധന് (buddhan) — Seer, the enlightened one, the all knowing one freed from birth and death, Lord Buddha.
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
kavi covers poet, sage and seer together, which reflects the old idea of the poet as visionary, while buddhan is specifically the Buddha rather than a seer in general.
Common questions
How do you say seer in Malayalam?
ദിവ്യന് (divyan) for a holy seer; കവി (kavi) when the sense is poet-sage.
Does kavi mean poet or seer?
Both. The entry runs from poet and scholar to sage and seer.