Snake in Malayalam
A snake is പാമ്പ് (paampu), the word every Malayali uses, from snake-charmer stories to warnings about the grass. Kerala has serpent groves and serpent deities, and this is the word in all of them. Two syllables with the characteristic doubled consonant in the middle.
Most common translation
Snake. A legless crawling reptile; serpent.
പാമ്പിനെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ പേടിച്ചു.
paampine kandappol njaan pedichu.
I got scared when I saw the snake.
All Malayalam words for “snake”
- പാമ്പ് (paampu) — Snake. A legless crawling reptile; serpent.
- അഹി (ahi) — Snake.
- പാമ്പുകടി (pambukadi) — Snake- bite.
- പുളവന് (pulavan) — A kind of snake, fresh - water snake.
- രാജവെമ്പാല (raajavembaala) — A kind of large, venomous snake, king Cobra.
അഹി (ahi) is the Sanskrit poetic word, പുളവന് (pulavan) and രാജവെമ്പാല (raajavembaala) are particular kinds of snake, and പാമ്പുകടി (pambukadi) is a snakebite.
Common questions
How do you say snake in Malayalam?
പാമ്പ് (paampu), the ordinary word for any snake.
How do you say snakebite?
പാമ്പുകടി (pambukadi), the compound of snake and bite used in hospitals and news reports.