Embracing in Malayalam
Among these two, തഴുകല് (thazhukal) is the one that reaches the idea of embracing, though its central sense is stroking, patting and caressing. A breeze touching your face takes this word, and so does a hand laid gently on someone's shoulder.
Patting, caressing, embracing.
അമ്മയുടെ തഴുകല് കുഞ്ഞിനെ ഉറക്കി.
ammayude thazhukal kunjine urakki.
Mother's caress put the baby to sleep.
All Malayalam words for “embracing”
- തഴുകല് (thazhukal) — Patting, caressing, embracing.
- അഗ്നിപ്രളയം (agnipralayam) — Deluge of fire, all embracing destruction caused by fire, all-consuming and all pervading fire.
തഴുകല് (thazhukal) is gentle physical contact, closer to caressing than to a full embrace. അഗ്നിപ്രളയം (agnipralayam) is unrelated in meaning and names an all-consuming deluge of fire, appearing here only because its English gloss uses the phrase all embracing.
Common questions
How do you say embracing in Malayalam?
തഴുകല് (thazhukal) is the nearest option, covering embracing, caressing and patting.
Is the fire word ever used for an embrace?
No. അഗ്നിപ്രളയം (agnipralayam) belongs to mythology and describes a destruction by fire that spreads everywhere.