Sandalwood in Malayalam
The plain word for sandalwood is missing from this list. What is here is രക്തചന്ദനം (rakthachandanam), red sandalwood, and അകില് (akil), a fragrant sandal timber also known as Indian cedar. സുഗന്ധം (sugandham) is simply fragrance, glossed as sandalwood because the two go together in Malayalam writing.
Red sandalwood.
രക്തചന്ദനം കൊണ്ടുള്ള പെട്ടി വളരെ വിലയുള്ളതാണ്.
rakthachandanam kondulla petti valare vilayullathaan.
A box made of red sandalwood is very valuable.
All Malayalam words for “sandalwood”
- രക്തചന്ദനം (rakthachandanam) — Red sandalwood.
- സുഗന്ധം (sugandham) — Fragrance, sandalwood.
- ഹിമം (himam) — Snow, cold, sandalwood, camphor, night, lotus, tin.
- അകില് (akil) — A kind of sandalwood, the indian cedar tree.
- തൊടുവിക്കുക (thoduvikkuka) — Cause to touch, mark with sandalwood paste on the forehead (as a caste-mark).
- ദിവ്യം (divyam) — Sth. divine, truth, sky, a kind of sandalwood.
- പത്രം (pathram) — Leaf, wing, feather, news paper, article, line, sheet, document, line made with sandalwood paste.
thoduvikkuka is the verb for marking the forehead with sandal paste, and himam and divyam list sandalwood among several unrelated senses, so none of these is the generic term.
Common questions
How do you say sandalwood in Malayalam?
The generic word is not among these entries. രക്തചന്ദനം (rakthachandanam) is red sandalwood and അകില് (akil) a related fragrant timber.
Which entry refers to sandal paste?
തൊടുവിക്കുക (thoduvikkuka), the verb for marking the forehead with it.