Spell in Malayalam

Neither entry is quite the English spell. The closer of the two is മാന്ത്രികശക്തി (maanthrikashakthi), literally magic power, which dictionaries gloss as a magic spell; it names the force behind the words rather than the words themselves. For the spoken formula Malayalam normally uses its word for mantra.

Most common translation

മാന്ത്രികശക്തി (maanthrikashakthi)

Magic spell.

കഥയിലെ വടിക്ക് മാന്ത്രികശക്തി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.

kathhayile vadikku maanthrikashakthi undaayirunnu.

The stick in the story had magic power.

All Malayalam words for “spell”

പ്രണവം (pranavam) is the sacred syllable Om, one particular mantra, so it cannot stand for spell in general. Neither word touches spell in the sense of a spell of rain or a spell of duty.

Common questions

How do you say spell in Malayalam?

There is no exact match here; മാന്ത്രികശക്തി (maanthrikashakthi), magic power, is the nearest, and the chanted formula itself is called a mantra.

What is pranavam?

പ്രണവം (pranavam) is the mystic syllable Om, treated as the first and greatest of mantras.