Inhalation in Malayalam
Breathing in is ശ്വസനം (shwasanam), the noun covering inhalation and exhalation together. The shwa cluster opens the word in one breath. Yoga teaching and medical writing both use it.
Most common translation
Breathing, inhalation and exhalation, breath, air.
ഓട്ടത്തിനു ശേഷം ശ്വസനം വേഗത്തിലായി.
ottathinu shesham shwasanam vegathilaayi.
After the run the breathing became fast.
All Malayalam words for “inhalation”
- ശ്വസനം (shwasanam) — Breathing, inhalation and exhalation, breath, air.
- പൂരകം (poorakam) — Complement, inhalation.
shwasanam is breathing as a whole, while poorakam is the technical name for the in-breath in breath practice, where it also means complement.
Common questions
How do you say inhalation in Malayalam?
ശ്വസനം (shwasanam), breathing in and out.
Is there a precise word for the in-breath?
poorakam, the inhalation phase in breathing exercises.