Flowers in Malayalam
Flowers, the blossoms on a plant, is പൂക്കൾ (pookkal). The oo is long and the kk doubled, poo-kkal. This is the plain plural for a flower shop, a garden in bloom or a festival decoration.
Most common translation
Flowers, blossoms, the blooms of a plant.
തോട്ടത്തിൽ പൂക്കൾ വിരിഞ്ഞു.
thottathil pookkal virinju
The flowers bloomed in the garden.
All Malayalam words for “flowers”
- പൂക്കൾ (pookkal) — Flowers, blossoms, the blooms of a plant.
- തോട്ടം (thottam) — Garden, a plot near a house where flowers or plants are grown.
- പാരിജാതം (parijatham) — A divine tree (got from the ocean of milk when it was being churned by the Devas (gods) and Asuras according to Hindu mythology), a tree with fragrant flowers, fragrance.
- പൂക്കാലം (pookkalam) — Season of flowers, spring season.
- പൂക്കുല (pookkula) — Cluster of flowers, bunch of flowers, inflorescence, bouquet.
- മഞ്ജരി (manjari) — Bunch of flowers, a tender bunch, climbing vine, holy basil, name of a Dravidian metre, bouquet.
- മടുമലര്മിഴി (madumalarmizhi) — Woman with eyes like blossomed flowers, a beautiful woman.
പൂക്കൾ is the everyday plural, while പൂക്കുല and മഞ്ജരി are a cluster or bunch of flowers on the stem, and പൂക്കാലം is the flowering season.
Common questions
How do you say flowers in Malayalam?
പൂക്കൾ (pookkal).
How do you say a bunch of flowers?
പൂക്കുല (pookkula) is a cluster growing together, and മഞ്ജരി (manjari) is the more literary word for it.