Fragrance in Malayalam
സുഗന്ധം (sugandham) is the standard word for fragrance, built from the parts meaning good and smell. Say it su-gan-dham with a breathy dh. Soap wrappers and incense packets are full of it.
Fragrance, sandalwood.
അടുക്കളയിൽ നിന്ന് നല്ല സുഗന്ധം വന്നു.
adukkalayil ninnu nalla sugandham vannu.
A good fragrance came from the kitchen.
All Malayalam words for “fragrance”
- സുഗന്ധം (sugandham) — Fragrance, sandalwood.
- നറുമണം (narumanam) — Fragrance, aroma.
- പരിമളം (parimalam) — Fragrance, perfume, sweet smell.
- സൗരഭ്യം (sourabhyam) — Fragrance, saffron.
- 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.
- മോദം (modam) — Joy, gladness, fragrance, intoxication, exhilaration.
സുഗന്ധം (sugandham) and പരിമളം (parimalam) are both common for a pleasant smell, with പരിമളം (parimalam) favoured for perfume and in poetry; നറുമണം (narumanam) is softer and more poetic; സൗരഭ്യം (sourabhyam) is literary; മോദം (modam) means joy more than scent; and പാരിജാതം (parijatham) is the name of a flowering tree.
Common questions
How do you say fragrance in Malayalam?
സുഗന്ധം (sugandham).
Is parimalam interchangeable with sugandham?
Largely, though പരിമളം (parimalam) leans toward perfume and floral sweetness while സുഗന്ധം (sugandham) is the all-purpose word.