Ointment in Malayalam
Ointment is ലേപനം (lepanam) in Malayalam, used of a medicated paste or cream spread on the skin. Ayurvedic practice makes heavy use of such preparations, so the word is familiar. It comes from the root for smearing.
Most common translation
Smearing, plastering, emulsion, ointment.
ഡോക്ടർ നല്ല ലേപനം എഴുതി തന്നു.
doctor nalla lepanam ezhuthi thannu.
The doctor prescribed a good ointment.
All Malayalam words for “ointment”
- ലേപനം (lepanam) — Smearing, plastering, emulsion, ointment.
- ഉപലേപനം (upalepanam) — Smearing, ointment.
- ലാസം (laasam) — Sport, jumping, dancing, joviality, playing about, juice, emulsion, ointment.
- ആലേപനം (aalepanam) — Anointing the body, smearing with ointment or cosmetics.
- വര്ണ്ണം (varnnam) — Colour, paint, pigment, caste, letter, flattery, decoration, vermilion, fragrant ointment, a term in music.
lepanam and upalepanam both mean a smearing or an ointment, while aalepanam is the act of anointing the body with ointment or cosmetics.
Common questions
How do you say ointment in Malayalam?
Say ലേപനം (lepanam).
How do you say applying ointment to the body?
ആലേപനം (aalepanam) names anointing or smearing the body with ointment.