Saltish-ness in Malayalam
Saltish-ness is a dictionary coinage for saltiness, and the Malayalam is ലാവണം (laavanam), the abstract noun from the Sanskrit word for salt. The same word serves for salinity in technical writing.
Most common translation
Saltish-ness, salinity.
കടൽവെള്ളത്തിന്റെ ലാവണം വളരെ കൂടുതലാണ്.
kadalvellathinte laavanam valare kooduthalaanu.
The salinity of sea water is very high.
Dictionary entry
- ലാവണം (laavanam) — Saltish-ness, salinity.
laavanam belongs to written Malayalam; in the kitchen people talk about the salt itself rather than about its abstract quality.
Common questions
How do you say saltish-ness in Malayalam?
ലാവണം (laavanam), the noun for saltiness.
Where is this word used?
In writing about soil, water and measurements of salinity.