Camphor in Malayalam
Camphor is covered among these options only by poetic synonyms, the nearest being ഇന്ദു (indu), a word for the moon that old verse extends to camphor for its whiteness. Classical poetry plays on that likeness freely. Plain prose does not use indu for the substance.
Moon, camphor.
ഇന്ദു കരിമേഘങ്ങൾക്കിടയിൽ പതുക്കെ ഒളിച്ചു.
indu karimeghangalkkidayil pathukke olichu
The moon slowly hid among the dark clouds.
All Malayalam words for “camphor”
- ഇന്ദു (indu) — Moon, camphor.
- പനിമതി (panimathi) — Moon, camphor.
- സ്ഫടികം (sfadikam) — Glass, crystal, sun-stone, camphor.
- ഹിമം (himam) — Snow, cold, sandalwood, camphor, night, lotus, tin.
പനിമതി (panimathi) works the same way, moon and camphor together, while സ്ഫടികം (sfadikam) is crystal or glass and ഹിമം (himam) is snow or cold.
Common questions
How do you say camphor in Malayalam?
These options give only literary synonyms such as ഇന്ദു (indu) and പനിമതി (panimathi), words for the moon that poetry extends to camphor.
What does himam mean?
ഹിമം (himam) is snow or cold, and in poetry also sandalwood or camphor.