Shade in Malayalam
തണല് (thanal) is shade, the cool patch out of the sun, and figuratively the shelter or protection someone gives. Standing in the thanal of a tree is about as ordinary a Kerala image as there is.
Most common translation
Shade, (fig.) shelter, support.
മരത്തിന്റെ തണലില് ഞങ്ങള് ഇരുന്നു.
marathinte thanalil njangal irunnu.
We sat in the shade of the tree.
All Malayalam words for “shade”
- തണല് (thanal) — Shade, (fig.) shelter, support.
- നിഴൽ (nizhal) — Shadow. The dark shape cast by something in the light; also shade.
- മരത്തണല് (marathanal) — Shade of tree.
- മൃഗം (mrigam) — Animal, deer, cow, hunting, musk, the dark shade in the moon, the month of Makaram, a sign of the Zodiac (Capricornus), enquiry.
nizhal is the shadow, the dark shape a thing casts, and it is used for shade as well, while marathanal names the shade of a tree specifically.
Common questions
How do you say shade in Malayalam?
തണല് (thanal).
What is the difference between thanal and nizhal?
thanal is the sheltering shade; nizhal is the shadow a body casts, though it covers shade too.