Beauty in Malayalam

Beauty is അഴക്‌ (azhaku) in plain Malayalam, two light syllables with a soft k. It is the word for a beautiful face, a well-made object or a neat piece of work.

Most common translation

അഴക്‌ (azhaku)

Beauty.

പൂക്കളുടെ അഴക്‌ എല്ലാവരെയും ആകര്‍ഷിച്ചു.

pookkalude azhaku ellaavareyum aakarshichu.

The beauty of the flowers attracted everyone.

All Malayalam words for “beauty”

അഴക്‌ (azhaku) and ചന്തം (chantham) are both everyday words for beauty and often change places; ആകര്‍ഷകത (aakarshakatha) is attractiveness, ഇമ്പം (impam) is sweetness and delight, അംഗപ്രകാശം (amgaprakasham) is bodily beauty in a literary vein, അണി (ani) and ഉടമ (udama) mention beauty only among other senses, and അഭംഗി (abhamgi) means the lack of it.

Common questions

How do you say beauty in Malayalam?

അഴക്‌ (azhaku) is the common word for beauty.

Is chantham different from azhaku?

Barely. ചന്തം (chantham) leans slightly towards prettiness and neat good looks, and both are used freely in conversation.