Fruit in Malayalam

Fruit is ഫലം (falam), and the same word doubles as result or reward, much as fruits of labour does in English. Particular fruits have their own names, such as തേങ്ങ (thenga), the coconut, and ഓറഞ്ച് (oranj), the orange. A peel or skin is തൊലി (tholi).

Most common translation

ഫലം (falam)

Fruit, crop, experience, reward, achievement, result, usefulness.

മരുന്ന് നല്ല ഫലം ചെയ്തു.

marunnu nalla phalam cheythu.

The medicine had a good effect.

All Malayalam words for “fruit”

പ്രസൂനം (prasoonam) and സൂനം (soonam) are poetic words covering flower, bud and fruit together, so neither substitutes for the everyday ഫലം (falam).

Common questions

How do you say fruit in Malayalam?

ഫലം (falam).

Does the word have another meaning?

Yes, it also means result, reward or achievement.