Summer in Malayalam
വേനല് (venal) is the word Keralites use for summer, the dry hot stretch before the monsoon breaks. ഉഷ്ണകാലം (ushnakaalam) is the formal hot season and ഗ്രീഷ്മം (greeshmam) is the literary Sanskrit name for it.
Most common translation
Summer.
ഈ വേനല് നല്ല ചൂടാണ്.
ee venal nalla choodaanu.
This summer is very hot.
All Malayalam words for “summer”
- വേനല് (venal) — Summer.
- ഉഷ്ണകാലം (ushnakaalam) — Summer.
- ഗ്രീഷ്മം (greeshmam) — Summer, summer season.
- ഊഷ്മം (ooshmam) — Heat, sunlight, summer.
- ഉണക്കം (unkkam) — Drought, dryness, emaciation, hot summer, withering, fading.
- പുതുമഴ (puthumazha) — Fresh rain after summer.
- വേനലവധി (venalavadhi) — Summer vacation.
School holidays are വേനലവധി (venalavadhi), and the first rain that breaks the heat has its own word, പുതുമഴ (puthumazha).
Common questions
How do you say summer in Malayalam?
വേനല് (venal) in ordinary speech.
What are the summer holidays called?
വേനലവധി (venalavadhi), the long break that runs through April and May in Kerala.