Ripe in Malayalam

Ripe is പഴുത്ത (pazhutha), the participle of the verb for ripening, placed before the noun it describes. It is what you say of a jackfruit ready to cut or a mango ready to eat.

Most common translation

പഴുത്ത (pazhutha)

Ripe.

പഴുത്ത മാങ്ങ കുട്ടികൾക്ക് കൊടുത്തു.

pazhutha maanga kuttikalkku koduthu.

The ripe mango was given to the children.

All Malayalam words for “ripe”

pazham is the ripe fruit itself, vazhappazham a banana and athippazham a ripe fig, while ilam is the opposite, tender and unripe, and pakam is ripe only in the sense of mature or fit.

Common questions

How do you say ripe in Malayalam?

Say പഴുത്ത (pazhutha) before the name of the fruit.

What is the word for unripe?

ഇളം (ilam), which means tender and not yet ripe.