Substances in Malayalam
This list has no plural entry for substances. രസം (rasam) comes closest in one old sense, the bodily humours or essences, though in daily life the same word means taste, juice and the flavour of a poem or a performance.
One of the bodily substances, taste, liking, aptitude, pleasure, one of the nine sentiments or expressions, essence, juice, the chemical element mercury, semen, poison, vigour, molten ghee, tongue.
ഈ മാങ്ങയുടെ രസം നല്ലതാണ്.
ee maangayude rasam nallathaanu.
The taste of this mango is good.
All Malayalam words for “substances”
- രസം (rasam) — One of the bodily substances, taste, liking, aptitude, pleasure, one of the nine sentiments or expressions, essence, juice, the chemical element mercury, semen, poison, vigour, molten ghee, tongue.
- മായംചേര്ക്കുക (maayamcherkkuka) — Adulterate, add cheap or harmful substances to food, gold, etc.
For substances as materials, speakers simply pluralise the word for substance; മായംചേര്ക്കുക (maayamcherkkuka) is a verb, to adulterate food or gold with cheap or harmful matter.
Common questions
How do you say substances in Malayalam?
There is no single entry for the plural here. The word for substance is pluralised, and രസം (rasam) covers only the sense of a bodily essence.
What does the same word mean in a kitchen?
രസം (rasam) there means taste or juice, and it also names one of the nine sentiments in classical aesthetics.