Monsoon in Malayalam
The broad word for the monsoon is not among these options. What is listed is തുലാവര്ഷം (thulaavarsham), the North East monsoon that reaches Kerala after the main rains. The other two name things that happen along the coast during the monsoon.
North East monsoon.
തുലാവര്ഷം തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ കുളം നിറഞ്ഞു.
thulaavarsham thudangiyappol kulam niranju.
When the north-east monsoon began the pond filled up.
All Malayalam words for “monsoon”
- തുലാവര്ഷം (thulaavarsham) — North East monsoon.
- ചാകര (chakara) — Occurring of mud-banks and appearance of plenty of fish for a short period at some places along the Kerala coast during the monsoon, (idm) a season of plenty, plentifulness.
- പൊഴി (pozhi) — Sand bank between the sea and back waters (which disappears during monsoon), furrow for sowing seed in the ploughed field, groove.
thulaavarsham names one particular monsoon, while chakara is the mud-bank and fish shoal phenomenon of the Kerala coast and pozhi a sandbank that vanishes in the rains.
Common questions
What is monsoon in Malayalam?
The general term is not listed here; തുലാവര്ഷം (thulaavarsham) names the North East monsoon specifically.
What is chakara?
ചാകര (chakara) is the seasonal appearance of mud banks and plentiful fish off parts of the Kerala coast.