Flash in Malayalam

Flash is മിന്നല്‍ (minnal) in Malayalam, the same word used for lightning. The doubled n gives it a quick min-nal. Any sudden burst of light, from a camera to a monsoon sky, can be called that.

Most common translation

മിന്നല്‍ (minnal)

Flash, lightning, thunderbolt.

മഴയ്ക്കു മുൻപ് ആകാശത്ത് മിന്നല്‍ കണ്ടു.

mazhaykku munpu aakaashathu minnal kandu

Before the rain we saw lightning in the sky.

All Malayalam words for “flash”

മിന്നല്‍ (minnal) is the noun and മിന്നിക്കുക (minnikkuka) the verb for making something flash; ഇടിമിന്നല്‍ (idiminnal) is lightning with thunder and ഇടിവാള്‍ (idival) a thunderbolt.

Common questions

What is flash in Malayalam?

മിന്നല്‍ (minnal), covering both a flash of light and lightning itself.

How do I talk about thunder and lightning together?

ഇടിമിന്നല്‍ bundles the two, since its first part means thunder; plain മിന്നല്‍ is the flash on its own.