Spotted in Malayalam
Neither entry is the adjective spotted; both are animal names that happen to contain it. പുള്ളിമാന് (pulliman) is the spotted deer, the chital of Indian forests, and it is the better known of the two. For spotted as a describing word Malayalam builds a phrase on its noun for a dot.
Spotted deer.
കാട്ടിലെ വഴിയിൽ ഒരു പുള്ളിമാന് ഓടിപ്പോയി.
kaattile vazhiyil oru pulliman odippoyi
A spotted deer ran off on the forest path.
All Malayalam words for “spotted”
- പുള്ളിമാന് (pulliman) — Spotted deer.
- അരിപ്രാവ് (aripraavu) — Spotted dove; spotted dove, turtle dove.
അരിപ്രാവ് (aripraavu) is the spotted dove, a common garden bird in Kerala. Picking either as a general adjective would tie your sentence to that one creature.
Common questions
How do you say spotted in Malayalam?
Not with these entries; they name the spotted deer, പുള്ളിമാന് (pulliman), and the spotted dove, അരിപ്രാവ് (aripraavu), rather than the adjective.
What is the spotted dove called?
അരിപ്രാവ് (aripraavu), a familiar bird around Kerala houses and fields.