Rain in Malayalam
Rain is മഴ (mazha), two beats with the retroflex zh in the middle, the sound that gives Malayalam its name and gives learners most trouble. It is the word of the monsoon, of weather bulletins and of a thousand songs. The verb for raining is പെയ്യുക (peyyuka).
Most common translation
Rain.
ഇന്നലെ നല്ല മഴ പെയ്തു.
innale nalla mazha peythu.
It rained heavily yesterday.
All Malayalam words for “rain”
- മഴ (mazha) — Rain.
- പെയ്യുക (peyyuka) — Rain, shower, scatter.
- വര്ഷം (varsham) — Rain, rainy season, cloud, sprinkling, shower, shedding, irrigating, excess, year, country, territory.
- കാലാവസ്ഥ (kaalaavastha) — Weather, the state of the air and sky at a place; rain, heat and wind together. In everyday speech it also covers climate; climate; the usual weather of a place over a long period. The same word also serves for day to day weather.
- അതിവര്ഷം (athivarsham) — Excessive rain, heavy rain.
- അന്തര്ദ്ധാര (anthardhara) — Undercurrent, heavy rain.
- അമ്ലമഴ (amlamazha) — Acid rain.
- ഇടി (idi) — Thunder. The loud sound in the sky during rain; also a thump or blow.
- കുട (kuda) — Umbrella. A folding cover held over the head against rain or sun.
- ചാറല് (chaaral) — Drizzling rain, drizzle.
- തുവര്ച്ച (thuvarcha) — Drying up, abatement of rain.
- നനഞ്ഞ (nananja) — Wet, soaked with water; damp, as of clothes or hair after rain.
- പുതുമഴ (puthumazha) — Fresh rain after summer.
- പെയ്യിക്കുക (peyyikkuka) — Cause to rain, shower.
- പെരുമഴ (perumazha) — Heavy rain, torrential rain.
- പേമാരി (pemari) — Heavy, torrential rain.
- മഴക്കാറ് (mazhakkaaru) — Rain cloud.
- വീഴുക (veezhuka) — Fell, past of fall; dropped down, tumbled or came down suddenly; falls; drops down from a height, tumbles over, comes down; also used of rain or prices.
- വെള്ളം (vellam) — Water, the clear liquid people drink and wash with, rain or river water.
വര്ഷം (varsham) is the Sanskrit word that means rain and rainy season but in modern use mostly means year, so it is not the everyday choice; കാലാവസ്ഥ (kaalaavastha) is the weather in general.
Common questions
How do you say rain in Malayalam?
മഴ (mazha) for the noun, and പെയ്യുക (peyyuka) for the verb to rain.
How do you say it is raining?
Use the present form of പെയ്യുക (peyyuka) with the noun mazha as subject; the verb also covers showering or scattering in general.