Waves in Malayalam
Waves breaking on the shore are കടല്ത്തിര (kadalthira), a compound of the words for sea and for a wave or ripple. Say kadalthira with a hard d and a light final a. It is the ordinary phrase for sea waves and surge, used in weather warnings as much as in description.
Most common translation
Waves, surge.
കടല്ത്തിര എന്റെ കാലില് വന്നു തൊട്ടു.
kadalthira ente kaalil vannu thottu.
A sea wave came and touched my feet.
All Malayalam words for “waves”
- കടല്ത്തിര (kadalthira) — Waves, surge.
- അനുപ്രസ്ഥതരംഗങ്ങള് (anuprastharamg) — Transverse waves.
- തിരമാല (thiramala) — A series of waves, billow.
തിരമാല (thiramala) names a whole series of waves rolling in one after another, a more literary image, while അനുപ്രസ്ഥതരംഗങ്ങള് (anuprastharamg) is a physics term for transverse waves.
Common questions
How do you say waves in Malayalam?
Sea waves are കടല്ത്തിര (kadalthira).
What do you call a long train of waves?
തിരമാല (thiramala), which means a succession of waves or a billow, one following the other.