Herb in Malayalam
A herb in the medicinal sense is ഔഷധച്ചെടി (oushadhachedi) in Malayalam, literally a medicine plant. Ayurvedic writing uses it constantly. The broader word for medicine and medicinal plants is ഔഷധം (oushadham).
Most common translation
Medicinal herb.
മുറ്റത്ത് അമ്മ ഔഷധച്ചെടി നട്ടു.
muttaththu amma oushadhachedi nattu.
Mother planted a medicinal herb in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “herb”
- ഔഷധച്ചെടി (oushadhachedi) — Medicinal herb.
- അത്യുഗ്രഗന്ധം (athyugragandham) — Pungent smell, common carraway (medicinal herb.).
- അമുക്കിരം (amukkiram) — Kind of Indian medicinal herb.
- അമൃത് (amruthu) — Ambrosia, a medicinal herb.
- ഉലുവ (uluva) — A medicinal herb, its seed fenugreek (Trigonella foenum).
- ഔഷധം (oushadham) — Medicine, medicinal herb, plants.
- പതിമുഖം (pathimugam) — Husband's face, a deliberately hidden danger, a medicinal herb.
oushadhachedi is the plant itself, oushadham covers medicine and medicinal plants together, and ഉലുവ (uluva) and അമുക്കിരം (amukkiram) name particular herbs.
Common questions
How do you say herb in Malayalam?
Use ഔഷധച്ചെടി (oushadhachedi) for a medicinal herb.
Which option names a specific herb?
ഉലുവ (uluva), the herb whose seed is fenugreek.