Moonshine in Malayalam
Moonshine in the sense of light from the moon is നിലാവെട്ടം (nilavettam) in Malayalam, the ordinary word for moonlight. It describes the light itself, so it will not carry the slang sense of home-distilled liquor.
Most common translation
Moonlight, moonshine.
രാത്രി മുറ്റത്ത് നിലാവെട്ടം നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു.
raathri muttathu nilavettam niranjirunnu.
At night the yard was full of moonlight.
All Malayalam words for “moonshine”
- നിലാവെട്ടം (nilavettam) — Moonlight, moonshine.
- മത്താപ്പ് (mathappu) — Blue light, light like moonshine, a kind of firework producing blue light.
നിലാവെട്ടം (nilavettam) is plain moonlight, while മത്താപ്പ് (mathappu) is a blue-burning firework whose glow is only likened to moonshine.
Common questions
How do you say moonshine in Malayalam?
Say നിലാവെട്ടം (nilavettam) when you mean the light of the moon.
Is there a Malayalam word here for moonshine as illicit liquor?
No. Both listed words, നിലാവെട്ടം (nilavettam) and മത്താപ്പ് (mathappu), are about light.