Black in Malayalam
Black as a colour is കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) in Malayalam. The noun form names the colour itself, and the word carries extra senses of a stain and of ill repute, as black does in English.
Most common translation
Black, opium. stain, ill-fame.
അവന്റെ കുട കറുപ്പാണ്.
avante kuda karuppaanu.
His umbrella is black.
All Malayalam words for “black”
- കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) — Black, opium. stain, ill-fame.
- ശ്യാമ (shyaama) — Dark, black, dark blue, shady.
- കാലം (kalam) — Pert, to time, pert.Yama (death personified), killing, black.
- അനുഗാനം (anuganam) — Singing in concert, play black singing.
- അഭിചാരം (abhicharam) — Sorcery, black magic.
- ആഭിചാരം (aabhichaaram) — Witchcraft, black magic, sorcery.
- ഇരുളുക (iruluka) — Grow dark, become dark, become black.
- കട്ടന്കാപ്പി (kattancappy) — Black coffee.
- കട്ടുറുമ്പ് (katturumbu) — Kind of stinging black ant.
- കരിങ്കൊടി (karinkodi) — Black flag (as a sign of protest or mourning).
- കരിഞ്ചന്ത (karinchantha) — Black market.
- കരിനിയമം (kariniyamam) — Black act, an oppressive law.
- കാക്ക (kaakka) — Crow. A common black bird with a harsh call.
- കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku) — Pepper. Black pepper, the spice grown widely in Kerala.
- കൃഷ്ണതുളസി (krishnathulasi) — Black sweet-basil.
- ചാരനിറം (chaaraniram) — Grey, the colour of ash, between black and white.
- മന്തി (manthi) — A woman having elephantiasis (filariasis), (female) black monkey.
- മന്ത്രവാദി (manthravadhi) — Sorcerer, one who practises black magic, (witch)usually feminine, wizard.
- മാന്ത്രികം (maanthrikam) — Sorcery, black magic, jugglery.
കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) is the plain colour, ശ്യാമ (shyaama) a poetic dark or dark blue, ചാരനിറം (chaaraniram) the grey between black and white, and കാക്ക (kaakka) and കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku) are a crow and black pepper, black things rather than the colour.
Common questions
How do you say black in Malayalam?
Black is കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) in Malayalam.
Which word means dark in poetry?
The poetic word for dark is ശ്യാമ (shyaama).