Night in Malayalam
Night is രാത്രി (raathri), the word used in conversation, timetables and writing alike. The aa is long and the thr is pronounced as a single cluster. Bedtime talk, train times and greetings all rely on it.
Most common translation
Night.
രാത്രി ഞാൻ നന്നായി ഉറങ്ങി.
rathri njan nannayi urangi.
I slept well at night.
All Malayalam words for “night”
- രാത്രി (raathri) — Night.
- യാമിനി (yaamini) — Night, turmeric.
- ഹിമം (himam) — Snow, cold, sandalwood, camphor, night, lotus, tin.
- അതിരാത്രം (athirathram) — After night, over-night.
- അഹോരാത്രം (ahorathram) — Day and night, the whole day.
- ഉറങ്ങുക (urangguka) — Sleep, to rest with eyes closed; to fall asleep at night.
- കാളരാത്രി (kalarathri) — Night before death, terribly dark night, terrible night.
- ചന്ദ്രൻ (chandran) — Moon. The moon in the night sky; moonlight is nilaavu.
- നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ (nakshathrangal) — Stars, the bright points of light in the night sky; also used for famous film actors.
- നാട്ടുവെളിച്ചം (nattuvelicham) — Starlight in a night without moonlight, stellar light, the only light from stars.
യാമിനി (yaamini) is a poetic name for night and ഹിമം (himam) lists night among many unrelated senses, while അഹോരാത്രം (ahorathram) means day and night together and അതിരാത്രം (athirathram) overnight.
Common questions
How do you say night in Malayalam?
രാത്രി (raathri) is the ordinary word for night.
Is there a poetic word for night?
യാമിനി (yaamini) appears in verse and song, but it would sound ornate in everyday speech.