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Animal Names in Malayalam — Farm, Wild, Winged and Unwelcome | Learn Malayalam #320
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Animal names in Malayalam — the farmyard, the forest, the birds and the ones nobody invited — plus the one dog word that will get you into trouble.
I am Dr. Reshmi R. Nair, an applied linguist from Kerala. I have taught hundreds of learners to speak Malayalam as it is actually spoken.
THE FARMYARD
പശു (pashu) - cow
കാള (kaala) - bull, ox
എരുമ (eruma) - buffalo
ആട് (aadu) - goat
കോഴി (kozhi) - chicken
താറാവ് (thaaraavu) - duck
പന്നി (panni) - pig
കുതിര (kuthira) - horse
പൂച്ച (poocha) - cat
THE TWO WORDS FOR DOG — BE CAREFUL
നായ (naaya) - dog, the neutral and slightly literary word
പട്ടി (patti) - dog, the ordinary spoken word, and a serious insult when used of a person
Use നായ (naaya) when in doubt.
THE WILD ONES
മൃഗം (mrugam) - animal
ആന (aana) - elephant
കടുവ (kaduva) - tiger
പുലി (puli) - leopard
കരടി (karadi) - bear
കുരങ്ങ് (kurangu) - monkey
കാട്ടുപന്നി (kaattupanni) - wild boar
അണ്ണാൻ (annaan) - squirrel
പാമ്പ് (paambu) - snake
മൂർഖൻ (moorkhan) - cobra
THE BIRDS
പക്ഷി (pakshi) - bird
കിളി (kili) - a small bird, also an affectionate word for a person
കാക്ക (kaakka) - crow
കുയിൽ (kuyil) - the koel, whose call is the sound of the hot season
മീൻകൊത്തി (meenkothi) - kingfisher, literally fish-pecker
വേഴാമ്പൽ (vezhaambal) - the great hornbill, the state bird of Kerala
THE UNWELCOME
കൊതുക് (kothuku) - mosquito
ഉറുമ്പ് (urumbu) - ant
ചിലന്തി (chilanthi) - spider
പല്ലി (palli) - the house gecko, harmless, lucky, and it eats mosquitoes
അട്ട (atta) - the leech, a certainty in the Ghats in the monsoon
TWO SENTENCES TO CARRY
ഇവിടെ ആന ഉണ്ടോ? (ivide aana undo?) - are there elephants here?
ആ പക്ഷിയുടെ പേരെന്താണ്? (aa pakshiyude perenthaanu?) - what is that bird called?
Which animal name in your language sounds nothing like Malayalam? Comment below.
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