Shadow in Malayalam
നിഴൽ (nizhal) is the shadow, the dark shape cast by a body in the light, and the same word does duty for shade. It is short, native and as common in poetry as in conversation.
Most common translation
Shadow. The dark shape cast by something in the light; also shade.
മരത്തിന്റെ നിഴലിൽ ഇരുന്നു.
marathinte nizhalil irunnu.
Sat in the shadow of the tree.
All Malayalam words for “shadow”
- നിഴൽ (nizhal) — Shadow. The dark shape cast by something in the light; also shade.
- പ്രതിബിംബം (prathibimbam) — Reflection, shadow.
- പ്രതിഫലനം (prathiphalanam) — Reflection, image, shadow.
- പ്രതിമാനം (prathimanam) — Specimen, sample, image, idol, resemblance, picture, shadow, the space between the two tusks of an elephant, weight.
- അടിയളവ് (adiyalavu) — A foot measure, measurement of time by foot measurement of shadow.
- കരിനിഴല് (karinezhal) — Sombre shadow, disappointment.
- പ്രതിഫലിക്കുക (prathiphalikkuka) — Reflect, cast a shadow.
- പ്രതിഫലിപ്പിക്കുക (prathiphalippikkuka) — Cause o reflect or to shadow.
prathibimbam, prathiphalanam and prathimanam are primarily reflection and image, so they fit a mirror or a reflected shape rather than a shadow; karinezhal is a sombre shadow in the figurative sense.
Common questions
How do you say shadow in Malayalam?
നിഴൽ (nizhal).
Which word fits a reflection in water?
പ്രതിബിംബം (prathibimbam) or പ്രതിഫലനം (prathiphalanam), both about reflected images.