Raw in Malayalam
The adjective raw is not an entry on its own here; what you get is the compound അസംസ്കൃത വസ്തു (asamskrutha vasthu), raw material, where the first word means unprocessed and the second substance. Industry and economics writing use it constantly. The native adjective for raw shows up in the compounds പച്ചപ്പല് (pachappal), raw milk, and പച്ചരി (pachari), unboiled rice.
അസംസ്കൃത വസ്തു (asamskrutha vasthu)
Raw material.
ഫാക്ടറിയിൽ അസംസ്കൃത വസ്തു തീർന്നു പോയി.
phaaktariyil asamskrutha vasthu theernnu poyi.
The raw material ran out at the factory.
All Malayalam words for “raw”
- അസംസ്കൃത വസ്തു (asamskrutha vasthu) — Raw material.
- പച്ചപ്പല് (pachappal) — Raw milk.
- പച്ചരി (pachari) — Unboiled rice, raw flesh.
- പുളിയുള്ള (puliyulla) — Sour, having a sharp acidic taste like lemon or raw mango; tart.
- മാങ്ങ (manga) — Mango. The fruit of the mango tree, eaten raw or ripe.
So for raw food or a raw wound, Malayalam uses that native adjective in front of the noun rather than the Sanskrit compound; മാങ്ങ (manga) is the mango, which the entry simply notes can be eaten raw.
Common questions
How do you say raw in Malayalam?
Raw material is അസംസ്കൃത വസ്തു (asamskrutha vasthu); for raw food Malayalam puts its own adjective for raw and green before the noun, as in പച്ചപ്പല് (pachappal), raw milk.
What is പച്ചരി (pachari)?
Raw or unboiled rice, as against the parboiled rice usual in Kerala kitchens.