Oxygen in Malayalam
Oxygen is പ്രാണവായു (pranavayu), built from the words for life and air, and it is what hospitals and textbooks use. ജീവവായു (jeevavaayu) is a near twin with the same life-breath sense.
Most common translation
Oxygen.
മരങ്ങൾ നമുക്ക് പ്രാണവായു തരുന്നു.
marangal namukk pranavayu tharunnu.
Trees give us oxygen.
All Malayalam words for “oxygen”
- പ്രാണവായു (pranavayu) — Oxygen.
- ജീവവായു (jeevavaayu) — Life-breath, oxygen.
- മാരുതം (maarutham) — Wind, air, oxygen, breathing.
maarutham is a general word for wind and air and is only loosely applied to oxygen.
Common questions
How do you say oxygen in Malayalam?
പ്രാണവായു (pranavayu).
Which word appears in medical use?
പ്രാണവായു (pranavayu), the term on cylinders and in hospital reports.