Smoke in Malayalam
Smoke is പുക (puka), the everyday word for what rises from a kitchen fire or a burning heap of leaves. It also covers fumes and vapour loosely, the way spoken English does. Two syllables, both short.
Most common translation
Smoke. The smoke from fire; also fumes or vapour.
അടുക്കളയിൽ പുക നിറഞ്ഞു.
adukkalayil puka niranju.
The kitchen filled with smoke.
All Malayalam words for “smoke”
- പുക (puka) — Smoke. The smoke from fire; also fumes or vapour.
- ധൂമം (dhoomam) — Smoke, fume, mist, cloud.
- പുകപിടിക്കുക (pukapidikkuka) — Smoke.
- ശ്യാനം (shyaanam) — Smoke.
- ആവി (aavi) — Vapour, water vapour, smoke, life.
- വലിക്കുക (valikkuka) — Draw, attract, pull, smoke, inhale.
- ധൂമപടലം (dhoomapadalam) — Cloud of smoke.
- പുകനിറം (pukaniram) — Colour of smoke, faint or dim colour.
- പുകമറ (pukamara) — Smoke screen, (fig) say or do something to conceal truth.
- പുകയുക (pukayuka) — Emit smoke, feel hot, become increasingly angry, cause worry, rankle; (idm.) be destroyed or ruined.
- പുകവലിക്കുക (pukavalikkuka) — Smoke tobacco, etc.
ധൂമം (dhoomam) is the Sanskrit word used in poetry, science and compounds such as ധൂമപടലം (dhoomapadalam); പുകപിടിക്കുക (pukapidikkuka) is the verb for smoking and ആവി (aavi) is steam or vapour.
Common questions
How do you say smoke in Malayalam?
പുക (puka) in ordinary speech, ധൂമം (dhoomam) in formal or literary Malayalam.
How do I say the house is full of smoke?
Use പുക (puka) with the verb for filling, or the verb പുകപിടിക്കുക (pukapidikkuka), which means for smoke to take hold of a place.