Rhyme in Malayalam
Rhyme is പ്രാസം (prasam), the term from classical Malayalam poetics that covers rhyme and alliteration together. The tradition names several kinds of it by which letter of the line is repeated, so the word is wider than the English one.
Most common translation
Rhyme, alliteration.
ഈ പാട്ടിൽ പ്രാസം നന്നായി ചേർന്നു.
ee paattil prasam nannaayi chernnu.
The rhyme fits this song well.
All Malayalam words for “rhyme”
- പ്രാസം (prasam) — Rhyme, alliteration.
- കണ്ടമാനം (kandamaanam) — Without rhyme or reason, too much, recklessly.
- താരാട്ട് (thaaraatt) — Lullaby, nursery rhyme.
kandamaanam is an idiom meaning recklessly or without rhyme or reason, and thaaraatt is a lullaby; neither translates rhyme itself.
Common questions
How do you say rhyme in Malayalam?
Say പ്രാസം (prasam).
Does prasam mean alliteration as well?
Yes. Malayalam poetics treats both under the one term and distinguishes the types by position.