Tender in Malayalam
പേലവ (pelava) is tender in the sense of soft and delicate, used of skin, a young shoot or a gentle manner. It is a literary word and carries approval.
Most common translation
Soft, delicate, tender, slim, comely.
പേലവമായ പൂവ് കൈയിൽ വാടിപ്പോയി.
pelavamaaya poovu kaiyil vaadippoyi
The delicate flower withered in the hand.
All Malayalam words for “tender”
- പേലവ (pelava) — Soft, delicate, tender, slim, comely.
- ഇളം (ilam) — Tender, not ripe, young.
- ചെറിയ (cheriya) — Small, short, little, insignificant, tender.
- അച്ചിങ്ങ (achinga) — Tender pea or lentil.
- ഇളനീര് (ilaneer) — Tender coconut.
- കണ്ണിമാങ്ങ (kannimanga) — Tender (unripe) mango.
- കരിക്ക് (karikku) — Tender coconut.
- കുരുന്ന് (kurunnu) — New shoot or sprout, tender age, child, whiteness.
- പീലി (peeli) — Tail-feather of a peacock, eyelash, tender leaf- blade of a palm tree, mountain, gold, decorative fan made of peacock feathers used in state or temple processions.
- പൈങ്ങ (painga) — Tender arecanut.
- പ്രബലം (prabalam) — That which is strong or powerful, bud, tender shoot.
- മഞ്ജരി (manjari) — Bunch of flowers, a tender bunch, climbing vine, holy basil, name of a Dravidian metre, bouquet.
- മനതളിര് (manathalir) — Tender mind.
- ലളിതം (lalitham) — Simplicity, lack of pomp, sth. soft, tender or gentle, beautiful.
ഇളം (ilam) is a bound prefix meaning young or unripe and cannot stand alone: it gives ഇളനീര് (ilaneer), tender coconut, and കണ്ണിമാങ്ങ (kannimanga), a tender mango. Tender in the business sense of a bid is a different word entirely.
Common questions
How do you say tender in Malayalam?
പേലവ (pelava) for soft and delicate, and ഇളം (ilam) as a prefix for young or unripe.
What is tender coconut called?
ഇളനീര് (ilaneer), or കരിക്ക് (karikku) across much of Kerala, the drinking coconut sold at roadsides.