Tomb in Malayalam
ശവകുടീരം (shavakudeeram) is a tomb or sepulchre, built from the words for corpse and hut, so it is literally the house of the dead. It names a built tomb or mausoleum rather than a plain grave. The long vowel sits in the fourth syllable.
Most common translation
Tomb, sepulchre.
പഴയ ശവകുടീരം കാണാൻ സഞ്ചാരികൾ വന്നു.
pazhaya shavakudeeram kaanaan sanchaarikal vannu
Tourists came to see the old tomb.
All Malayalam words for “tomb”
- ശവകുടീരം (shavakudeeram) — Tomb, sepulchre.
- സമാധി (samaadhi) — Deep meditation, death (of sages, ascetics and holy persons), burial, tomb (of holy persons).
സമാധി (samaadhi) is the tomb of a saint or ascetic and carries the sense of entering deep meditation, so it is not used for ordinary burials.
Common questions
How do you say tomb in Malayalam?
ശവകുടീരം (shavakudeeram) for a built tomb; the resting place of a holy person is സമാധി (samaadhi).
What else does സമാധി (samaadhi) mean?
Deep meditative absorption, and the death of a sage, which is why it also names their tombs.