Swallowing in Malayalam
ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) is grasping and taking in, and the dictionary lists swallowing among its senses. In daily Malayalam it is far better known as the word for an eclipse and for powers of comprehension.
Most common translation
Grasping, swallowing, covering up, comprehension, power of comprehension, eclipse (solar or lunar).
ഇന്ന് രാത്രി ഗ്രഹണം കാണാം.
innu raathri grahanam kaanaam
The eclipse can be seen tonight.
All Malayalam words for “swallowing”
- ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) — Grasping, swallowing, covering up, comprehension, power of comprehension, eclipse (solar or lunar).
- ഗരം (garam) — Poison, illness, swallowing.
- കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka) — Drink; to swallow a liquid, to take water or a beverage; drinking; taking water or another liquid into the mouth and swallowing it.
No entry here is a clean noun for swallowing. ഗരം (garam) reaches it only through an old sense beside poison and illness, and കുടിക്കുക (kudikkuka) is the verb to drink.
Common questions
How do you say swallowing in Malayalam?
There is no exact noun here; ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) carries the sense of taking in.
What does the same word mean in the sky?
ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) is also the word for a solar or lunar eclipse.