Shower in Malayalam

പൊഴിയുക (pozhiyuka) is to shower or pour down, said of rain, of petals and of blessings. When rain itself is the subject, Malayalam uses പെയ്യുക (peyyuka), the verb to rain.

Most common translation

പൊഴിയുക (pozhiyuka)

Shower, pour down, ooze, shed.

മരത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പൂക്കൾ പൊഴിഞ്ഞു വീണു.

marathil ninnu pookkal pozhinju veenu.

Flowers showered down from the tree.

All Malayalam words for “shower”

പെയ്യിക്കുക (peyyikkuka) is the causative, to make it rain, പാറുക (paruka) is to drizzle or scatter, and the bathroom shower is a borrowed English word not listed here.

Common questions

How do you say shower in Malayalam?

പൊഴിയുക (pozhiyuka) for showering something down, പെയ്യുക (peyyuka) when it is the rain that showers.

Is there a word here for a shower in the bathroom?

No. The fixture is called by the English word in Kerala.