Stern in Malayalam
അമരം (amaram) is the stern of a boat, the back end where the steersman sits. Three even syllables, a-ma-ram. Backwater boatmen use it constantly, and it turns up in boat race commentary.
Most common translation
Stern of a boat or ship.
വള്ളത്തിന്റെ അമരം അച്ഛന് പിടിച്ചു.
vallathinte amaram achchan pidichu.
Father held the stern of the boat.
Dictionary entry
- അമരം (amaram) — Stern of a boat or ship.
The adjective stern, meaning severe or unsmiling, is a different word and is not among these entries.
Common questions
How do you say stern in Malayalam?
The stern of a boat is അമരം (amaram).
Does amaram have any other sense?
In boat talk the helmsman is named from it, with the ending for a person who handles something, so the man at the back of a snake boat carries the word in his title.