Sombre in Malayalam
The only entry is കരിനിഴല് (karinezhal), a sombre shadow, and by extension the gloom of disappointment. It is a noun, a compound of blackness and shadow, and it belongs to literary Malayalam. There is no adjective here that matches sombre as a quality of mood or colour.
Sombre shadow, disappointment.
ആ വാർത്ത വീട്ടിൽ കരിനിഴല് വീഴ്ത്തി.
aa vaartha veettil karinezhal veezhtthi
That news cast a dark shadow over the home.
Dictionary entry
- കരിനിഴല് (karinezhal) — Sombre shadow, disappointment.
So the page covers the image rather than the word: for a sombre face or a sombre mood Malayalam uses adjectives for dark, grave or dejected.
Common questions
How do you say sombre in Malayalam?
No single adjective is listed; കരിനിഴല് (karinezhal) is the noun for a sombre shadow or gloom hanging over something.
Where would I meet this word?
In poetry and literary prose, usually describing a shadow cast over a face, a house or a mood.