Beautiful in Malayalam
Kerala speech reaches for സുന്ദരമായ (sundaramaya) to call anything beautiful, from a face to a song to a stretch of backwater. It stands before the noun it describes and is pronounced soon-da-ra-maa-ya, with no heavy stress on any one syllable. A close partner with a more literary ring is മനോഹര (manohara).
Beautiful, lovely; pleasing to see or hear.
ഇത് ഒരു സുന്ദരമായ സ്ഥലമാണ്.
ithu oru sundaramaya sthalamanu.
This is a beautiful place.
All Malayalam words for “beautiful”
- സുന്ദരമായ (sundaramaya) — Beautiful, lovely; pleasing to see or hear.
- കാന്തം (kaantham) — Beautiful, magnet.
- രമ്യ (ramya) — Beautiful, charming, lovely.
- ക്ഷീണമദ്ധ്യ (ksheenamaddhya) — Slim, lean, narrow-waisted, beautiful.
- ചേതോഹരം (chethoharam) — Attracting the mind, ravishing the mind, beautiful.
- മനോഹര (manohara) — Charming, pleasing, beautiful, attractive.
- ലളിതം (lalitham) — Simplicity, lack of pomp, sth. soft, tender or gentle, beautiful.
- സുരഭി (surabhi) — Sweet smelling, graceful, beautiful, affectionate.
- അംഗന (amgana) — Woman, a beautiful woman.
- ആരോഹം (aaroham) — Ascent, rise, elevation, buttock of a beautiful woman.
- കാമിനി (kamini) — Beautiful woman, sweet heart, amorous woman.
- പൂങ്കൊടി (poonkodi) — Beautiful flag, flower vine, beautiful woman.
- പൈങ്കിളി (painkili) — A beautiful dear bird, a green bird, a parrot.
- പൊന്നി (ponni) — A boil, an ulcer, girl/woman with a fair complexion, a beautiful girl/woman.
- മടുമലര്മിഴി (madumalarmizhi) — Woman with eyes like blossomed flowers, a beautiful woman.
- മനോഹരം (manoharam) — What is beautiful, enchanting, attractive, gold, a kind of jasmine.
- മനോഹരി (manohari) — Beautiful woman.
- മൈക്കണ്ണി (maikkanni) — Woman who applies collyrium to the eyes, a beautiful woman.
- രൂപം (roopam) — Form, shape, figure, type, kind, beautiful figure or body, appearance, aspect, sign, symbol.
- സുന്ദരം (sundaram) — That which is beautiful or handsome.
സുന്ദരമായ (sundaramaya) fits ordinary praise, while മനോഹര (manohara), രമ്യ (ramya) and ചേതോഹരം (chethoharam) belong to songs, poetry and personal names. ലളിതം (lalitham) adds gentleness, സുരഭി (surabhi) suggests fragrant grace, and കാന്തം (kaantham) with ക്ഷീണമദ്ധ്യ (ksheenamaddhya) are old literary words rarely heard in conversation.
Common questions
How do you say beautiful in Malayalam?
സുന്ദരമായ (sundaramaya) is the everyday word for beautiful.
Which word suits a poem or a name?
മനോഹര (manohara) and രമ്യ (ramya) carry that softer, literary beauty.