Heat in Malayalam

Heat is ഊഷ്മം (ooshmam), opening on a long oo and taking in sunlight and the heat of summer. The word is bookish, the kind used in science writing. For making something hot, a verb takes over.

Most common translation

ഊഷ്മം (ooshmam)

Heat, sunlight, summer.

ഉച്ചയ്ക്ക് ഊഷ്മം കൂടുതലാണ്.

uchaykku ooshmam kooduthalaanu.

The heat is greater at noon.

All Malayalam words for “heat”

ooshmam and thapam both name heat, thapam also carrying pain and grief; choodakkuka and pollikkuka are the verbs to heat and to scorch, and erichil is a burning sensation.

Common questions

How do you say heat in Malayalam?

ഊഷ്മം (ooshmam), heat.

How do you say to heat something?

choodakkuka, to heat or warm.