Wave in Malayalam
A wave in the sense of a swell of water is കല്ലോലം (kallolam), a word with a literary colour that also stretches to a wave of great joy. Say kallolam with a doubled l and the stress on the first syllable. You find it in poetry, song lyrics and formal prose more than in beach conversation.
Wave, billow, great joy.
കടലിൽ കല്ലോലങ്ങൾ ഉയർന്നു താഴുന്നു.
kadalil kallolangal uyarnnu thazhunnu.
Waves rise and fall in the sea.
All Malayalam words for “wave”
- കല്ലോലം (kallolam) — Wave, billow, great joy.
- ഭംഗി (bhangi) — Beauty, grace, harmony, praise, deceit, breakage, undulation, wave, elegance.
- വീശുക (veeshuka) — Fan, blow, cast net, wave; (fig.) drink liquor.
- അനുദൈര്ഘ്യതരംഗം (anudairghyatharamgam) — Longitudinal wave.
- ലഹരി (lahari) — Large wave, strong flow or current, intoxication (only in Malayalam).
- വീശല് (veeshal) — Blowing of wind, etc., casting (the net), winnow, whirl, wave (eg. the hand, as to bid farewell).
For waving the hand or a cloth the verb is വീശുക (veeshuka) and the noun വീശല് (veeshal); അനുദൈര്ഘ്യതരംഗം (anudairghyatharamgam) is the physics term for a longitudinal wave, and ലഹരി (lahari) is a big wave used chiefly in Malayalam for a rush of intoxication.
Common questions
How do you say wave in Malayalam?
A wave of water is കല്ലോലം (kallolam).
How do you say waving goodbye?
Use വീശുക (veeshuka), the verb for fanning, casting and waving, which covers the hand raised in farewell.