Medicine in Malayalam
Medicine is ഔഷധം (oushadham), and the homelier alternative is മരുന്ന് (marunnu). Both cover tablets, syrups and ointments. Labels and prescriptions tend to prefer the first.
Most common translation
Medicine, medicinal herb, plants.
ഈ ചെടി നല്ല ഒരു ഔഷധം ആണ്.
ee chedi nalla oru oushadham aanu.
This plant is a good medicinal herb.
All Malayalam words for “medicine”
- ഔഷധം (oushadham) — Medicine, medicinal herb, plants.
- മരുന്ന് (marunnu) — Medicine, liquor, remedy.
- ദ്രവ്യം (dravyam) — Matter, substance, wealth, gold, bell-metal, medicine, liquor.
- പൊടിക്കൈ (podikkai) — Trick, artifice, clever feat, slight but effective (feat, medicine, etc.).
- അഗസ്ത്യരസായനം (agasthyarasayanam) — A sticky ayurvedic medicine curing tuberculosis and bronchitis.
- അഞ്ജനക്കല്ല് (anjanakkallu) — Antimony sulphate (used as medicine and for discovering theft or treasure).
- അലോപ്പതി (aloppathi) — The western system of medicine.
- അശ്വഗന്ധ (ashwa gandha) — A medicine in Ayur Veda.
- ഔഷധഗുണം (oushadhagunam) — Properties of a medicine, efficacy.
- കയ്പുള്ള (kaypulla) — Bitter, having a sharp unpleasant taste like bitter gourd or medicine; harsh in flavour.
- ഭാസുരം (bhaasuram) — Crystal, the medicine costus.
- മെഡിക്കൽ (medikkal) — Medical, relating to medicine, doctors or treatment.
- ലേഹ്യം (lehyam) — Pasty herbal medicine to be consumed by licking.
- വൈദ്യം (vaidyam) — Science of medicine, science of medical treatment.
- സേവിക്കുക (sevikkuka) — Serve, attend on, depend, worship, win over by flattery, take in medicine or liquor.
oushadham is the formal word and also takes in medicinal plants; marunnu is everyday and can mean a remedy or even liquor, and aloppathi names the western system of medicine.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for medicine?
ഔഷധം (oushadham) or, more colloquially, മരുന്ന് (marunnu).
Which is more common in speech?
marunnu is heard more in conversation, while oushadham dominates in writing.