Dream in Malayalam
സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) covers a dream in both senses, the one that visits you asleep and the ambition you carry awake. Say it swap-nam, with the opening cluster pronounced as a single push of breath. The softer, more poetic partner, heard often in film songs, is കിനാവ് (kinavu).
State between sleep and waking up, dream, dreaming, state of imaging, laziness, indolence.
ഞാൻ രാത്രി നല്ല സ്വപ്നം കണ്ടു.
njaan raathri nalla swapnam kandu.
I had a nice dream at night.
All Malayalam words for “dream”
- സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) — State between sleep and waking up, dream, dreaming, state of imaging, laziness, indolence.
- കിനാവ് (kinavu) — Dream.
- സ്വപ്നംകാണുക (swapnamkaanuka) — Dream, imagine what is not real, fancy.
- ദുസ്സ്വപ്നം (dusswapnam) — Bad dream, nightmare.
- മനോരാജ്യം (manorajyam) — Dream world, world of imagination, castles in the air, reverie.
സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) and കിനാവ് (kinavu) are the standard and the lyrical words for a dream, and സ്വപ്നംകാണുക (swapnamkaanuka) is the verb, to dream. A bad dream is ദുസ്സ്വപ്നം (dusswapnam), while മനോരാജ്യം (manorajyam) is daydreaming, a castle in the air.
Common questions
How do you say dream in Malayalam?
സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) is the word for a dream.
What is a nightmare called?
ദുസ്സ്വപ്നം (dusswapnam), a bad dream.