Nurse in Malayalam
Nurse, meaning the person who cares for the sick, is നഴ്സ് (nazhsu) in Malayalam, borrowed straight from English. It is the normal word in hospitals across Kerala, a state that trains nurses for the world. The verb for nursing someone is പരിചരിക്കുക (paricharikkuka).
Most common translation
Nurse. A person who cares for the sick in a hospital.
നഴ്സ് മരുന്ന് തന്നു.
nazhsu marunnu thannu.
The nurse gave the medicine.
All Malayalam words for “nurse”
- നഴ്സ് (nazhsu) — Nurse. A person who cares for the sick in a hospital.
- പരിചരിക്കുക (paricharikkuka) — Nurse, attend, serve.
- ധാത്രി (dhaathri) — Earth, foster mother nurse, gooseberry tree, gooseberry.
nazhsu names the profession, paricharikkuka is the verb for attending on and caring for a patient, and dhaathri is an old word for a foster mother or wet nurse.
Common questions
How do you say nurse in Malayalam?
Use നഴ്സ് (nazhsu) for the hospital nurse.
How do you say to nurse a patient?
പരിചരിക്കുക (paricharikkuka) means to nurse, attend on and serve someone.