Nose in Malayalam
Malayalam calls the nose മൂക്ക് (mookku), the everyday word for the part of the face you breathe and smell with. A more formal and Sanskritic alternative is നാസിക (naasika). Children and adults alike use the first form in ordinary speech.
Most common translation
Nose, the part of the face used for breathing and smelling.
കുട്ടിക്ക് മൂക്ക് ഒലിക്കുന്നു.
kuttikku mookku olikkunnu.
The child's nose is running.
All Malayalam words for “nose”
- മൂക്ക് (mookku) — Nose, the part of the face used for breathing and smelling.
- നാസിക (naasika) — Nose.
- ഏറ്റുപിടിക്കുക (eattupidikkuka) — Stand or plead for the opponents or adversaries, poke one's nose into others' affairs.
- പതിഞ്ഞ (pathinja) — Slovenly, slow, fixed, flat (like nose).
- മൂക്കടപ്പ് (mookkadapp) — Blocking of the nose, nasal congestion.
മൂക്ക് is the plain spoken word and നാസിക the literary one, while മൂക്കടപ്പ് is nasal congestion and ഏറ്റുപിടിക്കുക is an idiom about poking your nose into other people's affairs.
Common questions
How do you say nose in Malayalam?
Say മൂക്ക് (mookku).
What is a blocked nose called?
A stuffy or congested nose is മൂക്കടപ്പ് (mookkadapp).