Gold in Malayalam

Gold is സ്വര്‍ണ്ണം (swarnnam), the word on every jewellery shop board in Kerala. പൊന്ന് (ponnu) is the older native word and is used affectionately for anything precious. Both are heard daily.

Most common translation

സ്വര്‍ണ്ണം (swarnnam)

Gold; (idm.) something very precious.

സ്വർണ്ണം വില കൂടിയ ലോഹമാണ്.

swarnnam vila koodiya lohamanu.

Gold is an expensive metal.

All Malayalam words for “gold”

The rest are poetic or classical: കനകം (kanakam), ഹിരണ്യം (hiranyam), ഹിരണം (hiranam), രുക്മം (rukmam) and ഹേമം (hemam) belong to verse and to names rather than to shops.

Common questions

How do you say gold in Malayalam?

സ്വര്‍ണ്ണം (swarnnam).

What is the older word for gold?

പൊന്ന് (ponnu), also used for anything precious.