Blood in Malayalam
Blood in everyday Malayalam is ചോര (chora), two short syllables, cho-ra. It is the word a child uses on seeing a cut finger, and it doubles as the name for deep red as a colour.
Blood, red colour.
മുറിവിൽ നിന്ന് ചോര വന്നു.
murivil ninnu chora vannu.
Blood came from the wound.
All Malayalam words for “blood”
- ചോര (chora) — Blood, red colour.
- ഉതിരം (uthiram) — Blood.
- ഞരമ്പ് (naramb) — Nerve, vein, blood vessel, sinew, tendon.
- ധമനി (dhamani) — Blood vessel carrying pure blood, artery, a tube.
- നാഡി (nadi) — Nerve, blood vessel, artery or vein, pulse.
- രക്തക്കട്ട (rakthakkatta) — Clotted blood, gore.
- വാഹിനി (vaahini) — River, army, a division of the army, blood vessel.
ചോര (chora) is the spoken word and ഉതിരം (uthiram) its poetic twin; the rest name parts of the system rather than blood itself, with ഞരമ്പ് (naramb) for a vein or nerve, ധമനി (dhamani) for an artery, നാഡി (nadi) for a vessel or pulse, വാഹിനി (vaahini) for a vessel in anatomy, and രക്തക്കട്ട (rakthakkatta) for a clot.
Common questions
How do you say blood in Malayalam?
Say ചോര (chora), the common spoken word for blood.
What is the difference between chora and uthiram?
ചോര (chora) is what people actually say, while ഉതിരം (uthiram) is literary and appears in poetry, songs and formal prose.