Sky in Malayalam
The ordinary word for sky is ആകാശം (akasham), which covers the sky overhead, the atmosphere, and in philosophy the void. It is the word in weather reports and in everyday remarks about rain coming. Four syllables with a long middle vowel.
Most common translation
Sky, atmosphere, void, zero, the supreme being.
ഇന്ന് ആകാശം തെളിഞ്ഞ നീലനിറമാണ്.
innu akasham thelinja neelaniramanu.
Today the sky is clear blue.
All Malayalam words for “sky”
- ആകാശം (akasham) — Sky, atmosphere, void, zero, the supreme being.
- അംബരം (ambaram) — Sky, cloth.
- വ്യോമം (vyomam) — Sky, atmosphere, water.
- അനന്തം (anantham) — That which is endless, sky, the Supreme Soul, salvation.
- നാകം (naakam) — Heaven, sky, cloud.
- ജ്യോതിസ്സ് (jyothiss) — Light, brilliance, star, sun, moon, ray of light, sky, intellect, knowledge, astrology.
- ദിവ്യം (divyam) — Sth. divine, truth, sky, a kind of sandalwood.
- വെളി (veli) — Open expanse of land, waste land, sky, a kind of wild yam.
- അന്തിച്ചുവപ്പ് (anthichuvappu) — Evening red blaze of the sky.
- അശരീരി വാക്ക് (ashareeri vakku) — Voice or word from the sky.
- ഇടി (idi) — Thunder. The loud sound in the sky during rain; also a thump or blow.
- കാലാവസ്ഥ (kaalaavastha) — Weather, the state of the air and sky at a place; rain, heat and wind together. In everyday speech it also covers climate; climate; the usual weather of a place over a long period. The same word also serves for day to day weather.
- ചന്ദ്രൻ (chandran) — Moon. The moon in the night sky; moonlight is nilaavu.
- നക്ഷത്രം (nakshathram) — Star. A star in the sky; also the birth star in a horoscope.
- നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ (nakshathrangal) — Stars, the bright points of light in the night sky; also used for famous film actors.
- മിന്നൽ (minnal) — Lightning. The flash of light in the sky during a storm.
- മൂടല് (moodal) — Misty appearance, dimness, cloudy sky, covering.
- വ്യോമസേന (vyomasena) — Air Force, force who fight in or from the sky.
- സൂര്യൻ (sooryan) — Sun. The sun in the sky; sunlight is veyil.
അംബരം (ambaram), വ്യോമം (vyomam) and അനന്തം (anantham) are poetic alternatives, and നാകം (naakam) means heaven first and sky only by extension.
Common questions
How do you say sky in Malayalam?
ആകാശം (akasham), the plain word used in speech and in print.
Why does it also mean zero?
The same Sanskrit word stood for emptiness, and from emptiness it came to be one of the old names for zero in mathematical writing.