Honey in Malayalam
Honey is മധു (madhu) in Malayalam, a short Sanskritic word that also carries the sense of sweet and is popular as a personal name. It belongs to poetry, song and formal writing more than to a kitchen shopping list. Say it ma-dhu, with a breathy dh.
Most common translation
To honey, sweet, delicious.
തേനീച്ച പൂവിൽ നിന്ന് മധു ശേഖരിക്കുന്നു.
theneechcha poovil ninnu madhu shekharikkunnu.
The bee collects honey from the flower.
All Malayalam words for “honey”
- മധു (madhu) — To honey, sweet, delicious.
- മാധുരി (maadhuri) — Sweetness, honey, liquor, lustre.
- ഉണ്ണുക (unnuka) — Eat, devour, eat cooked rice, drink milk, honey, etc.
- തേനീച്ച (theneecha) — Bee. An insect that gathers nectar and makes honey.
- മധുകരം (madhukaram) — A honey beetle.
- മധുപന് (madhupan) — Beetle, male honey bee, libertine, drunkard.
- മധുരമുള്ള (madhuramulla) — Sweet; tasting of sugar or honey, pleasant.
In this list, madhu is honey and sweetness together; തേനീച്ച (theneecha) is the honeybee, built on the everyday word for honey; മധുരമുള്ള (madhuramulla) means sweet, and മധുകരം (madhukaram) and മധുപന് (madhupan) are kinds of beetle or bee.
Common questions
How do you say honey in Malayalam?
Honey is മധു (madhu).
Which word would I use for a bee?
തേനീച്ച (theneecha) is the honeybee, whose name is literally the honey insect.