Romantic in Malayalam
കാല്പ്പനിക (kaalppanika) is romantic in the literary sense, the word used for the Romantic poets and for anything imaginative or fanciful. Malayalam has no neat adjective for romantic in the love sense, so speakers use the English word or describe the thing as being about love.
Imaginative, romantic, fictitious.
ആ കഥ വളരെ കാല്പ്പനിക ആയിരുന്നു.
aa katha valare kaalppanika aayirunnu
That story was very imaginative.
All Malayalam words for “romantic”
- കാല്പ്പനിക (kaalppanika) — Imaginative, romantic, fictitious.
- കാമുകി (kaamuki) — Girlfriend; a girl or woman with whom someone has a romantic relationship.
- കാമുകൻ (kaamukan) — Boyfriend, a girl's male romantic partner; in speech the English word boyfriend is also used.
- ബന്ധങ്ങൾ (bandhangal) — Relationships; the connections between people, family ties, friendships and romantic bonds; relations. Connections and dealings between people, families or countries; also relatives.
- ലാസ്യം (laasyam) — Dance depicting mainly a romantic mood.
kaamuki and kaamukan are a girlfriend and a boyfriend, bandhangal relationships in general and laasyam a dance mood; none of them is an adjective.
Common questions
How do you say romantic in Malayalam?
കാല്പ്പനിക (kaalppanika) covers the literary and imaginative sense; for a romantic evening Kerala speakers use the English word.
What is a boyfriend called in Malayalam?
കാമുകൻ (kaamukan), though the English word is just as common in speech.