Woman in Malayalam
സ്ത്രീ (sthree) is the word in daily use for an adult woman, neutral and polite, and it is what newspapers, forms and offices use. It is a Sanskrit loan and keeps its consonant cluster at the front, which is why learners find it harder to say than it looks.
Most common translation
Lady, a woman, a grown-up female person spoken of politely.
ഒരു സ്ത്രീ വഴി ചോദിച്ചു.
oru sthree vazhi chodichu.
A lady asked for directions.
All Malayalam words for “woman”
- സ്ത്രീ (sthree) — Lady, a woman, a grown-up female person spoken of politely.
- അംഗന (amgana) — Woman, a beautiful woman.
- നാരി (naari) — Woman.
- മങ്ക (manka) — Woman (girl), a coquette or frolicsome young woman.
- മടവി (madavi) — Woman, hand - maid.
- പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) — Nature, reality, shape, form, source, original character, divine power, woman, mother, root of a word (gram.).
- അഗ്നിസാക്ഷിണി (agnisakshini) — Woman married with the sacred fire as witness.
- അടിച്ചുതളിക്കാരി (adichuthalikkari) — Charwoman, maid servant, woman employed to clean the house.
- അധമ (adhama) — Lowest, basest, meanest, most inferior, despicable woman, woman who defies her husband.
- അന്തര്ജ്ജനം (antharjanam) — Namboodiri woman.
- അന്യ (anya) — Another woman.
- അമ്മൂമ്മ (ammoomma) — Grand mother, a very old woman.
- അവൾ (aval) — She, that woman or girl.
- ആരോഹം (aaroham) — Ascent, rise, elevation, buttock of a beautiful woman.
- ഏകി (eaki) — A lonely woman, widow.
- ഏട്ട (eatta) — Unlucky woman, goddess of misfortune and poverty, a kind of fish.
- കാതര (kathara) — A woman who is cowardly, fickle, trembling or frightened.
- കാമിനി (kamini) — Beautiful woman, sweet heart, amorous woman.
- കാമുകി (kaamuki) — Girlfriend; a girl or woman with whom someone has a romantic relationship.
- ചരക്ക് (charakk) — Goods, commodity, merchandise textile goods, large cauldron, (fig.) a voluptuous, attractive woman.
- ചിങ്കാരി (chinkaari) — Coquette, a beauty, a flirting girl or woman.
- ജാതകപ്പൊരുത്തം (jaathakapporutham) — Agreement of the horoscopes of a man and a woman who are going to marry, agreement of bridal horoscopes.
- താച്ചി (thachi) — Foster- mother, mother's mother, step- mother, woman who breast feeds another's child.
- പുണ്യവതി (punyavathi) — Holy, virtuous or pious woman, saint.
- പൂങ്കൊടി (poonkodi) — Beautiful flag, flower vine, beautiful woman.
- പെൺകുട്ടി (penkutti) — Girl, a female child or a young woman.
- പൊന്നമ്മ (ponnamma) — Beloved mother, beloved woman, pet name.
- പൊന്നി (ponni) — A boil, an ulcer, girl/woman with a fair complexion, a beautiful girl/woman.
- പ്രണയിനി (pranayini) — Woman in love, lady love, lass.
- പ്രിയ (priya) — Loving, favourable, dear, costly, in demand; beloved woman or girl.
- ബഹുമാന്യ (bahumanaya) — Respected, honourable, honourable woman.
- ഭാര്യ (bhaarya) — Wife, the woman a man is married to.
- ഭർത്താവ് (bharthaavu) — Husband, the man a woman is married to, a spouse.
- മടുമലര്മിഴി (madumalarmizhi) — Woman with eyes like blossomed flowers, a beautiful woman.
- മണവാട്ടി (manavatti) — Bride, newly married woman.
- മണ്ടി (mandi) — Sediment, residue, heel, foolish woman.
- മനോഹരി (manohari) — Beautiful woman.
- മന്തി (manthi) — A woman having elephantiasis (filariasis), (female) black monkey.
- മഹനീയ (mahaneeya) — A noble, great or respectable woman.
- മാലാഖ (maalaaga) — Angel, messenger of god; (fig.) holy person with divine qualities, a noble, virtuous woman.
- മുറി (muri) — Piece, fragment, slice, room, chamber, wound, loin cloth worm by woman, a village.
- മൈക്കണ്ണി (maikkanni) — Woman who applies collyrium to the eyes, a beautiful woman.
- യുവതി (yuvathi) — Young woman.
- രാക്ഷസി (raakshasi) — A female demon a demoness, a rakshasa woman.
- രാജ്ഞി (raajnji) — Queen, a woman who rules a kingdom or the wife of a king; also called raani in everyday speech.
- വിദഗ്ദ്ധ (vidagddha) — Skilled, clever, proficient, having expert knowledge, deceitful, cunning, indigestible, not well-cooked; skilled woman, adept.
- വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥിനി (vidyaarthini) — Woman student.
അംഗന (amgana), നാരി (naari) and മങ്ക (manka) belong to poetry and film songs; ഭർത്താവ് (bharthaavu) is in this list only because its gloss mentions a woman, and it actually means husband.
Common questions
How do you say woman in Malayalam?
Woman is സ്ത്രീ (sthree).
Which word for woman is safe in formal Malayalam?
സ്ത്രീ (sthree). The literary alternatives can sound ornate, and മങ്ക (manka) carries a hint of flirtatiousness.