Flesh in Malayalam
Flesh and meat are both മാംസം (maamsam). The first syllable is long and nasal, maam-sam, and the word covers animal muscle as well as the flesh of vegetables. It is neutral in tone, at home on a menu and in a biology lesson.
Most common translation
Flesh, meat, muscle, fleshy part of vegetables.
ചന്തയിൽ നിന്ന് അച്ഛൻ മാംസം വാങ്ങി.
chanthayil ninnu achchhan maamsam vaangi.
Father bought meat from the market.
All Malayalam words for “flesh”
- മാംസം (maamsam) — Flesh, meat, muscle, fleshy part of vegetables.
- ദശ (dasha) — Flesh, pulp, fleshy portion of fruits.
- ഇറച്ചി (irachi) — Meat. The flesh of an animal or bird used as food.
- പച്ചരി (pachari) — Unboiled rice, raw flesh.
- ലോചകം (lochakam) — Eye-ball, collyrium, blue dress, mass of flesh.
മാംസം is the general word, ദശ (dasha) is the pulpy flesh of a fruit, പച്ചരി (pachari) is primarily raw rice and only secondarily raw flesh, and ലോചകം (lochakam) is an obscure word whose main senses are the eyeball and collyrium.
Common questions
How do you say flesh in Malayalam?
മാംസം (maamsam), which covers flesh, meat and muscle.
Is there a separate word for the flesh of a fruit?
ദശ (dasha) is used for the fleshy pulp of fruit, although മാംസം also covers it.