Moon in Malayalam

The moon is ചന്ദ്രൻ (chandran), the standard word in speech, science and song. Poetry keeps a whole set of alternatives, among them അമ്പിളി (ambili) and ഇന്ദു (indu). The new moon is അമാവാസി (amavasi).

Most common translation

ചന്ദ്രൻ (chandran)

Moon. The moon in the night sky; moonlight is nilaavu.

ഇന്ന് ചന്ദ്രൻ നന്നായി കാണാം.

innu chandran nannayi kanam.

The moon is clearly visible today.

All Malayalam words for “moon”

chandran is the everyday moon, ambili is affectionate and poetic, indu and panimathi are literary, and amrutha kiranan is an ornate epithet.

Common questions

How do you say moon in Malayalam?

ചന്ദ്രൻ (chandran) is the word for the moon.

What is the new moon called?

അമാവാസി (amavasi).