Tail in Malayalam
A tail is വാൽ (vaal), one syllable with a long aa and a retroflex l at the end, and it works for animals, birds, fish and the tail end of anything. Kerala speech also puts it to work in some vivid idioms.
Most common translation
Tail, the tail of an animal, bird or fish; the hindmost part of something.
പൂച്ചയുടെ വാൽ നല്ല നീളമുണ്ട്.
poochayude vaal nalla neelamundu
The cat's tail is quite long.
All Malayalam words for “tail”
- വാൽ (vaal) — Tail, the tail of an animal, bird or fish; the hindmost part of something.
- പിച്ചില (pichila) — Slippery, milky, having a tail.
- പുലിവാല് (pulival) — Tiger's tail; (idm.) a difficulty which one can neither avoid nor face (like holding a tiger by its tail around a tree).
- ബാലകം (balakam) — Finger ring, bracelet, hair at the end of an elephant's tail, horse's tail, hair.
- മയിൽ (mayil) — Peacock. A large bird with a bright fanned tail; peafowl.
vaal is the plain noun, പുലിവാല് (pulival), a tiger's tail, is an idiom for trouble you can neither hold nor let go of, and ബാലകം (balakam) is a rare word for tail hair.
Common questions
How do you say tail in Malayalam?
വാൽ (vaal).
What does the tiger's tail idiom mean?
പുലിവാല് (pulival) describes a mess you can neither escape nor face, like holding a tiger by the tail.