Tears in Malayalam
This entry has no plain plural for tears, only compounds. അശ്രുധാര (ashrudhara) is a stream of tears and അശ്രു പ്രവാഹം (ashru pravaham) a flow of tears, both built on the classical word for a tear, and both at home in poetry and film songs.
Stream of tears.
കുട്ടിയുടെ കണ്ണിൽ അശ്രുധാര നിറഞ്ഞു.
kuttiyude kannil ashrudhara niranju.
The child's eyes filled with a stream of tears.
All Malayalam words for “tears”
- അശ്രുധാര (ashrudhara) — Stream of tears.
- അശ്രു പ്രവാഹം (ashru pravaham) — Flow of tears.
- ആനന്ദാശ്രു (aanandaashru) — Tears of joy.
- കരച്ചിൽ (karachil) — Crying, weeping, the act of shedding tears.
- പൊട്ടിക്കരയുക (pottikkarayuka) — Burst into tears, cry aloud, breakdown.
Ordinary speech simply pluralises the everyday word for tear, which is not listed here. കരച്ചിൽ (karachil) is crying and പൊട്ടിക്കരയുക (pottikkarayuka) is to burst into tears.
Common questions
How do you say tears in Malayalam?
The literary options are അശ്രുധാര (ashrudhara), a stream of tears, and അശ്രു പ്രവാഹം (ashru pravaham), a flow of tears; everyday speech uses the plural of the plain word for tear.
How do you say tears of joy?
ആനന്ദാശ്രു (aanandaashru), the classical word for tear joined to the word for joy.