Azure in Malayalam
Azure is rendered as ഇളംനിലം (ilamnilam), which simply means a light, tender blue: i-lam-ni-lam. The first part is the word for young or tender, used in Malayalam for the pale shade of any colour.
Most common translation
Azure, light blue.
ആകാശത്തിന് ഇളംനിലം നിറമാണ്.
aakaashathinu ilamnilam niramaanu.
The sky is light blue in colour.
Dictionary entry
- ഇളംനിലം (ilamnilam) — Azure, light blue.
ഇളംനിലം (ilamnilam) is descriptive rather than a fixed colour name, so it serves for pale blue generally rather than for azure as a precise shade.
Common questions
How do you say azure in Malayalam?
Say ഇളംനിലം (ilamnilam), light blue, which is what this entry offers for azure.
How does the first part of the word work?
Prefixed to a colour it softens the shade, the way Malayalam makes pale greens and pinks, so here it signals a lighter blue.