Vowel in Malayalam
സ്വരം (swaram) is the vowel in grammar, the same word that means voice and musical note. Say swa-ram. Malayalam primers use it to divide the letters into vowels and consonants.
Most common translation
Sound, voice, vowel (gram).
അവളുടെ സ്വരം വളരെ മധുരമാണ്.
avalude swaram valare madhuramaanu.
Her voice is very sweet.
All Malayalam words for “vowel”
- സ്വരം (swaram) — Sound, voice, vowel (gram).
- ഉയിര് (uyir) — Life, vigour, vowel.
- ലഘു (laghu) — Light, trivial, trifling, easy, simple, insignificant; one short vowel in metre.
- ഹ്രസ്വം (Hraswam) — Short vowel, shortness.
ഉയിര് (uyir) is the older Dravidian term for a vowel, literally life, kept in the traditional name for the vowel letters. ഹ്രസ്വം (Hraswam) is a short vowel and ലഘു (laghu) a short syllable in metre.
Common questions
How do you say vowel in Malayalam?
Vowel is സ്വരം (swaram).
Why is a vowel called life?
Because ഉയിര് (uyir) means life or breath, and the old grammars saw vowels as giving life to the consonants they join.