Spirit in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “spirit”:
- അചൈതന്യം (achaithanyam) — Absence of spirit or vigour, ignorance.
- ആവാഹിക്കുക (aavaahikkuka) — Invoke the deity or evil spirit to enter or possess sb. or sth.
- ആവേശിക്കുക (aaveshikkuka) — Possess, be possessed by a spirit, enter.
- ദുര്ഭൂതം (durbhootham) — Evil spirit.
- പിശാച് (pishach) — Evil spirit, devil, demon.
- പ്രേതം (pretham) — Dead body, soul of the dead, ghost, evil spirit.
- ബാധിക്കുക (badhikkuka) — Torment, obstruct, stop progress, affect, be possessed (by a spirit, etc.).
- ഭൂതം (bhootham) — What has happened, the past, past time, truth, spirit of the dead, ghost, evil apparition, Siva's lieutenants.
- ഭൗതികവാദി (bhoudikavaadi) — Materialist, one who does not believe in the existence of 'soul' or 'spirit'.
- മത്സരബുദ്ധി (malsarabuddhi) — Competitive spirit, the desire to defeat others in a competition.
- വേതാളം (vethaalam) — Genie, demon, evil spirit.