Alcohol in Malayalam
Alcohol in the sense of drink is ചാരായം (chaaraayam) in Malayalam, properly arrack, the distilled country liquor. The word carries a strong flavour of illicit spirits, so it is not a neutral chemical term. It opens with a long chaa.
Most common translation
Alcohol, liquor.
ചാരായം കുടിക്കുന്നത് ആരോഗ്യത്തിന് ദോഷമാണ്.
chaaraayam kudikkunnathu aarogyathinu doshamaanu.
Drinking liquor is harmful to health.
All Malayalam words for “alcohol”
- ചാരായം (chaaraayam) — Alcohol, liquor.
- അരിഷ്ടം (arishtam) — Medicinal liquor prepared by decocting medicinal herbs with alcohol.
- പട്ടയടിക്കുക (pattayadikkuka) — Drink liquor (alcohol).
പട്ടയടിക്കുക (pattayadikkuka) is a colloquial verb for drinking liquor, and അരിഷ്ടം (arishtam) is an ayurvedic preparation made by fermenting herbs with alcohol.
Common questions
How do you say alcohol in Malayalam?
ചാരായം (chaaraayam) for liquor as a drink.
Does the word mean chemical alcohol too?
Not comfortably. It names drinkable spirits, so a laboratory context would need a technical term that is not listed here.