Dew in Malayalam
തുഷാരം (thushaaram) covers dew and stretches to frost, mist and light snow. It is a literary word, frequent in poetry and in personal names. The second syllable is long: thu-shaa-ram.
Most common translation
Dew, frost, mist, snow, dew-drop.
പുല്ലിൽ രാവിലെ തുഷാരം തിളങ്ങി.
pullil raavile thushaaram thilangi.
The dew glittered on the grass in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “dew”
- തുഷാരം (thushaaram) — Dew, frost, mist, snow, dew-drop.
- മഞ്ഞുതുള്ളി (manjuthulli) — Dew - drop.
- മഞ്ഞ് (manju) — Snow. Snow, and in Kerala usage also mist, fog or dew.
തുഷാരം (thushaaram) is dew in the broad sense, frost and mist included, while മഞ്ഞുതുള്ളി (manjuthulli) is concretely one dew-drop and feels more everyday.
Common questions
How do you say dew in Malayalam?
തുഷാരം (thushaaram), which also takes in frost and mist.
Which word for a single drop of dew on a leaf?
മഞ്ഞുതുള്ളി (manjuthulli), literally a drop of cold moisture.