Whirl in Malayalam
Of the entries here, പുളയുക (pulayuka) comes closest to whirl: it means to twist the body, writhe and spin about, said of someone wriggling or revelling wildly. Say pulayuka with a light u and a soft y glide. It describes bodies in motion rather than objects spinning.
Twist the body, whirl about, wriggle, squiggle, revel frantically.
ചൂണ്ടയിൽ കുടുങ്ങിയ മീൻ പുളഞ്ഞു.
choondayil kudungiya meen pulanju.
The fish caught on the hook wriggled.
All Malayalam words for “whirl”
- പുളയുക (pulayuka) — Twist the body, whirl about, wriggle, squiggle, revel frantically.
- വീശല് (veeshal) — Blowing of wind, etc., casting (the net), winnow, whirl, wave (eg. the hand, as to bid farewell).
Neither candidate gives the plain sense of something rotating fast on its axis; വീശല് (veeshal) is a noun of wind blowing, net casting and waving, which reaches whirl only loosely.
Common questions
How do you say whirl in Malayalam?
For a body twisting and spinning about, പുളയുക (pulayuka); there is no exact match here for whirling rotation.
Which word covers the whirl of the wind?
വീശല് (veeshal), which names the blowing of wind along with fanning and casting motions.