Poison in Malayalam
The modern everyday word for poison has no entry of its own here; it shows up only inside ചിലന്തിവിഷം (chilanthivisham), the poison of a spider bite. Of the standalone candidates ഗരം (garam) is the one that actually means poison, and കാകോളം (kakolam) is deadly poison.
Most common translation
Poison, illness, swallowing.
ചില ചെടികളിൽ ഗരം ഉണ്ട്.
chila chedikalil garam undu.
Some plants contain poison.
All Malayalam words for “poison”
- ഗരം (garam) — Poison, illness, swallowing.
- ഘോരം (ghoram) — Ferocity, poison, a 'mantra' for seducing others.
- ദൂഷ്യം (dooshyam) — Fault, flaw, defect, reproach, poison.
- മൃതം (mritham) — One who is dead, death, corpse, poison, life of beggary.
- രസം (rasam) — One of the bodily substances, taste, liking, aptitude, pleasure, one of the nine sentiments or expressions, essence, juice, the chemical element mercury, semen, poison, vigour, molten ghee, tongue.
- കാകോളം (kakolam) — Deadly poison.
- ചിലന്തിവിഷം (chilanthivisham) — Poison caused by the spider.
- പാഷാണം (paashaanam) — Arsenic (a poison), rock, stone, a dangerous person.
- മാരണം (maaranam) — Slaughter, destruction, great harm or trouble, a kind of poison, sorcery performed against enemies.
ghoram, dooshyam, mritham and rasam list poison among many unrelated senses and are not words anyone would reach for to warn about something toxic.
Common questions
How do you say poison in Malayalam?
ഗരം (garam) is the entry for poison here, and കാകോളം (kakolam) is deadly poison.
Which of these is used in speech?
None of them is the common spoken word; that one appears in this set only within the compound ചിലന്തിവിഷം (chilanthivisham).