Mist in Malayalam
Mist and fog are both മൂടല്മഞ്ഞ് (moodalmanju), a compound meaning covering snow or haze. Hill-station weather reports and travel writing use it, and it is the word for the white blanket you see in Munnar early in the morning.
Most common translation
Mist, fog.
രാവിലെ മലമുകളിൽ മൂടല്മഞ്ഞ് നിറഞ്ഞു.
raavile malamukalil moodalmanju niranju
In the morning fog filled the hilltop.
All Malayalam words for “mist”
- മൂടല്മഞ്ഞ് (moodalmanju) — Mist, fog.
- തുഷാരം (thushaaram) — Dew, frost, mist, snow, dew-drop.
- ധൂമം (dhoomam) — Smoke, fume, mist, cloud.
- ബാഷ്പം (baashpam) — Tear, vapour, water vapour, mist.
- മഞ്ഞ് (manju) — Snow. Snow, and in Kerala usage also mist, fog or dew.
മൂടല്മഞ്ഞ് (moodalmanju) is mist or fog proper, തുഷാരം (thushaaram) is dew and frost, ബാഷ്പം (baashpam) is vapour and also a tear, and ധൂമം (dhoomam) is smoke or fume with mist as a stretch of its meaning.
Common questions
How do you say mist in Malayalam?
മൂടല്മഞ്ഞ് (moodalmanju) is the word for mist or fog.
Which word means water vapour?
ബാഷ്പം (baashpam), used in science for vapour and in poetry for a tear.