Flood in Malayalam
Flood as a rush of water is ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham), said ja-la-pra-vaa-ham, a compound of the words for water and flow. It is used of a strong current and of water spreading over land, and it reads as formal. For a catastrophic deluge, പ്രളയം (pralayam) is the word.
Most common translation
Water current, flood.
മഴയിൽ പുഴയിലെ ജലപ്രവാഹം കൂടി.
mazhayil puzhayile jalapravaaham koodi.
The water flow in the river increased in the rain.
All Malayalam words for “flood”
- ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham) — Water current, flood.
- നിലയം (nilayam) — Home, institution, place, destruction, flood.
- പ്രളയം (pralayam) — End of the world, deluge, inundation, floods; (idm.) decline, destruction, death, destruction of the world, all- destroying flood at the end of an age, destruction.
ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham) is flowing or rising water, പ്രളയം (pralayam) is a world-ending deluge used also as a figure for ruin, and നിലയം (nilayam) touches the sense only distantly among meanings like home and destruction.
Common questions
How do you say flood in Malayalam?
Say ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham).
Which word suits a catastrophic flood?
പ്രളയം (pralayam), the word for a deluge or inundation.