Petals in Malayalam
Neither word here means petals. മീലനം (meelanam) is the closing of something, an eye or the petals of a flower at dusk, and that is how petals come into the entry at all. Say mee-la-nam.
Most common translation
Closing the eye, winking, closing (of the petals of a flower).
കണ്ണുകളുടെ മീലനം വളരെ വേഗത്തിലാണ്.
kannukalude meelanam valare vegathilaanu.
The closing of the eyes is very quick.
All Malayalam words for “petals”
- മീലനം (meelanam) — Closing the eye, winking, closing (of the petals of a flower).
- നിമിഷം (nimisham) — A moment, winking of the eye, time for a wink, closing in as of the petals of a flower.
To talk about petals you take the word for petal and put it in the plural; neither of these words will do that work.
Common questions
How do you say petals in Malayalam?
By pluralising the word for petal. The entries listed here, മീലനം (meelanam) and നിമിഷം (nimisham), describe petals closing rather than the petals themselves.
What does nimisham mean?
നിമിഷം (nimisham) is a moment, the time a wink takes, and by extension the closing in of petals.