Trumpet in Malayalam
A trumpet is കാഹളം (kahalam), ka-ha-lam, the long horn blown at temple festivals and in old descriptions of battle. The dictionary also lets it mean a loud din, which tells you something about how it sounds in a crowd. It is the word in classical and literary Malayalam.
Most common translation
Trumpet, drum, din, loud sound.
ഘോഷയാത്രയിൽ കാഹളം ഉച്ചത്തിൽ മുഴങ്ങി.
ghoshayaathrayil kahalam uchchaththil muzhangi.
The trumpet sounded loudly in the procession.
Dictionary entry
- കാഹളം (kahalam) — Trumpet, drum, din, loud sound.
കാഹളം (kahalam) names the traditional horn; a modern brass trumpet in a band is usually called by its English name in Kerala.
Common questions
How do you say trumpet in Malayalam?
Trumpet is കാഹളം (kahalam).
Where would I hear a kahalam?
At temple processions and in Kathakali and other traditional performance, where the horn announces an entrance.