Intoxication in Malayalam
Intoxication is ലഹരി (lahari), the living word for a high from drink or drugs and, by extension, for any heady excitement. It is short and vivid, la-ha-ri. Campaigns against addiction are built on it.
Most common translation
Large wave, strong flow or current, intoxication (only in Malayalam).
സംഗീതത്തിന്റെ ലഹരിയിൽ അവൻ എല്ലാം മറന്നു.
samgeethathinte lahariyil avan ellam marannu.
In the intoxication of music he forgot everything.
All Malayalam words for “intoxication”
- ലഹരി (lahari) — Large wave, strong flow or current, intoxication (only in Malayalam).
- മദം (madam) — Intoxication, liquor, haughtiness, insanity, joy, delight, the fluid that flows from the temples of a rutting elephant.
- മദ്യലഹരി (madyalahari) — Intoxication.
- ഉത്കടം (uthkadam) — Anger, fluid from the temples of a rogue elephant(in rut), excessiveness, intoxication.
- പ്രമാദം (pramadham) — Fault (caused by carelessness), error, mistake, inadvertence, intoxication, ostentation, pomp, grandeur.
- മോദം (modam) — Joy, gladness, fragrance, intoxication, exhilaration.
- ഹരം (haram) — A donkey, denominator (arith.) extreme delight/intoxication, divisor.
lahari is intoxication in everyday use, madyalahari specifically the effect of liquor, and madam, modam and uthkadam are classical words where intoxication shades into pride, joy or excess.
Common questions
How do you say intoxication in Malayalam?
ലഹരി (lahari).
How do you say drunkenness from liquor?
madyalahari, intoxication by alcohol.