Cosmetics in Malayalam
The listed word for cosmetics is അംഗലേപം (amgalepam), literally something smeared on the body, pronounced am-ga-le-pam. It is bookish, since daily life in Kerala mostly borrows the English word, so read it as the classical equivalent.
Cosmetics.
ചേച്ചി കടയിൽ നിന്ന് അംഗലേപം വാങ്ങി.
chechi kadayil ninnu amgalepam vaangi.
Elder sister bought cosmetics from the shop.
All Malayalam words for “cosmetics”
- അംഗലേപം (amgalepam) — Cosmetics.
- ആലേപനം (aalepanam) — Anointing the body, smearing with ointment or cosmetics.
- ചാര്ത്തുക (chaarthuka) — Adorn with cosmetics, etc., write a deed or document, make entries in accounts.
അംഗലേപം (amgalepam) names cosmetics as a class; ആലേപനം (aalepanam) is the act of anointing or smearing them on; ചാര്ത്തുക (chaarthuka) is the verb for applying cosmetics or adornments.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for cosmetics?
The classical word is അംഗലേപം (amgalepam), though English cosmetics is what you will usually hear.
What verb goes with putting on cosmetics?
ചാര്ത്തുക (chaarthuka), which means to apply or adorn with something, and also covers draping garlands and cloth.