Red in Malayalam
ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu) is red, both the name of the colour and the form used before a noun, as in a red shirt or a red light. Malayalis also use it figuratively for politics of the left, exactly as English does. Three beats, ending in the clipped chillu consonant.
Red, the colour red; also used before a noun to mean red.
അവൾ ചുവപ്പ് സാരി ധരിച്ചു.
aval chuvappu saari dharichu.
She wore a red saree.
All Malayalam words for “red”
- ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu) — Red, the colour red; also used before a noun to mean red.
- അംഗാരം (amgaram) — Hot(burning), coal, burning charcoal, carbon, red colour, the planet Mars.
- അന്തിച്ചുവപ്പ് (anthichuvappu) — Evening red blaze of the sky.
- അരുണം (arunam) — Red colour.
- ആപ്പിൾ (aappil) — Apple, the round red or green fruit of the apple tree.
- എണ്ണപ്പന (ennappana) — Red oil palm.
- കഷായം (kashayam) — Medicinal decoction (Ayurveda), juice or gum of trees, red colour.
- കാഷായം (kaashaayam) — Clothes dyed in red ochre.
- ചുവപ്പിക്കുക (chuvappikkuka) — Make red, redden sth.
- ചെമ്മണ്ണ് (chemmannu) — Red sand or soil.
- ചേവടി (chevadi) — Red feet, venerable or adorable feet.
- ചോര (chora) — Blood, red colour.
- പിങ്ക് (pinku) — Pink, a light red colour, the colour of a rose petal.
- മനയോല (manayola) — Red arsenic, biosulphate of arsenic.
- രക്തചന്ദനം (rakthachandanam) — Red sandalwood.
- റോസാപ്പൂവ് (rosaappoovu) — Rose; the rose flower, the pinkish red colour of it; in English rose is also the past form of rise.
- വയലറ്റ് (vayalattu) — Purple, a violet colour between red and blue.
അരുണം (arunam) is a poetic word for red and അന്തിച്ചുവപ്പ് (anthichuvappu) names the red of the evening sky, while പിങ്ക് (pinku), വയലറ്റ് (vayalattu) and ആപ്പിൾ (aappil) are pink, purple and apple, which only sit nearby.
Common questions
How do you say red in Malayalam?
ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu), used both for the colour itself and before a noun.
Does ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu) have a political meaning?
Yes. In Kerala it is read as the colour of the left, in party flags and in headlines about elections.