Soul in Malayalam
The soul is ആത്മാവ് (aathmaavu), the part of a person that outlives the body; the same word does duty for spirit and, in ghost stories, for a soul that has not moved on. Four syllables with a long aa in the middle. It is at home in sermons, poetry and everyday talk alike.
Spirit; the soul, the part of a person that is not the body, also a ghost; for courage or liveliness Malayalam says uthsaaham.
ആത്മാവ് ശരീരത്തെ വിട്ടുപോയി.
aathmaavu shareerathe vittupoyi.
The spirit left the body.
All Malayalam words for “soul”
- ആത്മാവ് (aathmaavu) — Spirit; the soul, the part of a person that is not the body, also a ghost; for courage or liveliness Malayalam says uthsaaham.
- അന്തരാത്മാവ് (antharathmavu) — Mind, soul.
- അകപ്പൊരുള് (akapporul) — Inner meaning, assets of a household, god, soul.
- ചേതനം (chethanam) — Creature, living being, soul, knowledge, mind.
- പ്രാണന് (praanan) — Life, breath, soul.
- അകക്കാമ്പ് (akakkambu) — The inner mind, the inner soul.
- അക്ഷയന് (akshayan) — Poor person, ascetic, homeless person, siva, universal soul.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മം (addhythmam) — What pertains to the Supreme Soul, what pertains to the self, one of the Upanishads.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മജ്ഞാനം (adhyathmajnjanam) — Spiritual knowledge, divine knowledge, knowledge or realization of the soul.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മദര്ശനം (addhyathma drshanam) — Spiritualism, philosophy regarding soul- realization.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മവിദ്യ (adhyathmavidhya) — Knowledge of the Soul, knowledge of brahma.
- അനന്തം (anantham) — That which is endless, sky, the Supreme Soul, salvation.
- ആദ്ധ്യാത്മിക (aaddhyaathmika) — Pertaining to the Supreme Soul, sacred, spiritual, metaphysical.
- ചൈതന്യം (chaithanyam) — Life-force, life, liveliness, vigour, consciousness, the Supreme Soul.
- ജീവന് (jeevan) — Life-soul, individual soul, existence, life-breath, Vishnu, Jupiter.
- പരമരഹസ്യം (paramarahasyam) — Mystery, deep secret, secret of the Supreme Soul.
- പരമാത്മാവ് (paramaathmaav) — The Supreme Being, the universal soul.
- പ്രേതം (pretham) — Dead body, soul of the dead, ghost, evil spirit.
- ഭൗതികവാദി (bhoudikavaadi) — Materialist, one who does not believe in the existence of 'soul' or 'spirit'.
- മഹാത്മാവ് (mahaathmaav) — A great soul, a great man.
- മാഹാത്മ്യം (maahaathmyam) — Greatness, nobility, state of having a great or noble soul.
അന്തരാത്മാവ് (antharathmavu) is the inner soul or conscience and അകക്കാമ്പ് (akakkambu) the innermost mind, both narrower. പ്രാണന് (praanan) is the breath of life rather than the immortal part, and അക്ഷയന് (akshayan) is an epithet, not a word for soul.
Common questions
How do you say soul in Malayalam?
Soul is ആത്മാവ് (aathmaavu), which also covers spirit.
What is the difference between aathmaavu and praanan?
ആത്മാവ് (aathmaavu) is the soul as the self that survives death; പ്രാണന് (praanan) is life and breath, what leaves the body at the moment of dying.