Redness in Malayalam

അരുണിമ (arunima) is redness, the noun formed from a poetic word for red. It is the kind of word used of dawn skies, a flushed face in a novel or the glow on a ripening fruit. Four beats, light throughout.

Most common translation

അരുണിമ (arunima)

Redness.

ആകാശത്ത് പ്രഭാതത്തിന്റെ അരുണിമ പരന്നു.

aakaashathu prabhaathathinte arunima parannu.

The redness of dawn spread across the sky.

Dictionary entry

In speech Malayalis rarely need a noun here; they say that something has gone red or looks red, so this word stays mostly on the page.

Common questions

How do you say redness in Malayalam?

അരുണിമ (arunima), though it reads as literary rather than everyday.

How would a doctor describe redness on the skin?

Usually with the plain colour word and a verb, saying the area has turned red, rather than with this noun.