Lunar in Malayalam
None of the options is a plain adjective for lunar; Malayalam normally builds compounds with the word for moon instead. The closest listed item is ചന്ദ്രഗ്രഹണം (chandragrahanam), a lunar eclipse. The general word for an eclipse of either kind is ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam).
ചന്ദ്രഗ്രഹണം (chandragrahanam)
Lunar eclipse.
ഇന്ന് രാത്രി ചന്ദ്രഗ്രഹണം ഉണ്ടാകും.
innu raathri chandragrahanam undaakum.
There will be a lunar eclipse tonight.
All Malayalam words for “lunar”
- ചന്ദ്രഗ്രഹണം (chandragrahanam) — Lunar eclipse.
- അത്തം (atham) — Tha 13th lunar asterism, name of a star (astro), Coma Berenices, Corvus.
- ആയില്യം (aayilyam) — The ninth lunar asterism.
- ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) — Grasping, swallowing, covering up, comprehension, power of comprehension, eclipse (solar or lunar).
- പുനിതം (punitham) — Purity, (astro.) 20th lunar asterism.
അത്തം (atham), ആയില്യം (aayilyam) and പുനിതം (punitham) are names of individual lunar asterisms in the traditional calendar, not translations of lunar.
Common questions
How do you say lunar in Malayalam?
There is no single adjective here; lunar ideas are formed in compounds, as in ചന്ദ്രഗ്രഹണം (chandragrahanam), a lunar eclipse.
What is the word for an eclipse?
ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam), used for both solar and lunar eclipses.