Starlight in Malayalam
The faint light of the stars on a moonless night is നാട്ടുവെളിച്ചം (nattuvelicham), literally the light of the open country. Say naa-ttu-ve-li-cham, long on the first syllable. Village speech used it for exactly that glow you can follow a path by when there is no moon.
നാട്ടുവെളിച്ചം (nattuvelicham)
Starlight in a night without moonlight, stellar light, the only light from stars.
നാട്ടുവെളിച്ചത്തിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ മുറ്റത്തിരുന്നു.
nattuvelichathil njangal muttathirunnu.
We sat in the yard in the starlight.
All Malayalam words for “starlight”
- നാട്ടുവെളിച്ചം (nattuvelicham) — Starlight in a night without moonlight, stellar light, the only light from stars.
- ജ്യോതിര്മ്മയം (jyothirmmayam) — Lustre, luminosity, starlight.
ജ്യോതിര്മ്മയം (jyothirmmayam) is a Sanskritic word for lustre or radiance in general, and it touches starlight only in poetry.
Common questions
How do you say starlight in Malayalam?
Starlight is നാട്ടുവെളിച്ചം (nattuvelicham).
Does nattuvelicham mean moonlight too?
No. It is specifically the light of stars on a night with no moon, which is why it turns up in descriptions of dark village nights.