Orange in Malayalam
Kerala speakers mostly use the borrowed ഓറഞ്ച് (oranj) for both the citrus fruit and the colour, saying oranj niram when the colour is meant. The older native name for the fruit is നാരങ്ങ (narga).
Most common translation
Orange. The citrus fruit; the colour orange is called oranj niram.
കുട്ടിക്ക് ഓറഞ്ച് ഇഷ്ടമാണ്.
kuttikku oranj ishtamanu.
The child likes oranges.
All Malayalam words for “orange”
- ഓറഞ്ച് (oranj) — Orange. The citrus fruit; the colour orange is called oranj niram.
- നാരങ്ങ (narga) — Orange.
narga names the fruit only, while oranj covers the fruit and, with niram added, the colour.
Common questions
How do you say orange in Malayalam?
ഓറഞ്ച് (oranj) for the fruit, or നാരങ്ങ (narga) in older usage.
How do you say the colour orange?
Add niram after the word, giving oranj niram.