Phlegm in Malayalam
കഫം (kapham) is phlegm, the mucus of a cough or a cold, and every Malayali knows it from both medicine and daily complaint. In Ayurveda it is also one of the three bodily humours.
Most common translation
Phlegm.
ചുമയ്ക്കൊപ്പം ഒരുപാട് കഫം വന്നു.
chumaykkoppam orupaadu kapham vannu.
A lot of phlegm came with the cough.
Dictionary entry
- കഫം (kapham) — Phlegm.
The single listed word serves both senses, so a doctor and a grandmother might use it with slightly different ideas in mind.
Common questions
How do you say phlegm in Malayalam?
കഫം (kapham) is the word, used in ordinary speech as well as in medicine.
Does kapham mean a cold?
Not the illness itself, only the mucus. Speakers mention it when describing a cough or congestion in the chest.