Skin in Malayalam
Skin is തൊലി (tholi), the outer covering of the body and equally the peel of a banana or a mango. That double duty is worth remembering: Malayalam does not separate human skin from fruit skin. Two syllables, both light.
Most common translation
Skin, the outer covering of the body, also the peel of a fruit or vegetable.
ഈ പഴത്തിന്റെ തൊലി കളയൂ.
ee pazhathinte tholi kalayoo.
Peel the skin off this fruit.
All Malayalam words for “skin”
- തൊലി (tholi) — Skin, the outer covering of the body, also the peel of a fruit or vegetable.
- ചര്മ്മം (charmmam) — Skin, hide.
- തുകല് (thukal) — Leather, skin, hide.
- ഉരിക്കുക (urikkuka) — Peel off, strip off, flay, to skin, cast off.
- അഗ്രചര്മ്മം (agracharmam) — Foreskin, loose skin covering the end of the penis, prepuce.
- അധിചര്മ്മം (adhicharmam) — Outer skin.
- ക്രീം (kreem) — Cream; the thick fatty part of milk; also a soft paste used on the skin.
- ചര്മ്മകാന്തി (charmmakaanthi) — Complexion, colour of skin.
- തഴമ്പ് (thazhamb) — Callus spot, hardened skin.
- പാലുണ്ണി (palunni) — Wart. small excrescence on the skin, caruncle.
- പൊക്കല് (pokkal) — Eruptions on the skin, chicken pox.
- പൊരി (pori) — Parch, scorch, get dry; parching, scorching, a skin disease.
ചര്മ്മം (charmmam) is the Sanskrit word used in medical and literary writing and also means hide, while തുകല് (thukal) has moved on to mean leather.
Common questions
How do you say skin in Malayalam?
തൊലി (tholi) for the skin of a body or the peel of a fruit.
Which word do doctors use?
ചര്മ്മം (charmmam), which is why dermatology terms in Malayalam are built on it rather than on തൊലി (tholi).