Throat in Malayalam
The dictionary word for throat is കണ്ഠം (kandam), which also covers the neck and, by extension, the voice, as when a singer is praised for a fine one. It is the Sanskrit term used in medicine, music and formal writing. The first syllable ends in a retroflex nasal, which gives the word its weight.
Neck, throat, voice.
ആ പാട്ടുകാരന്റെ കണ്ഠം വളരെ നല്ലതാണ്.
aa paattukaarante kandam valare nallathaanu.
That singer has a very good voice.
All Malayalam words for “throat”
- കണ്ഠം (kandam) — Neck, throat, voice.
- തൊണ്ടയടപ്പ് (thondayadapp) — Hoarseness of the throat.
തൊണ്ടയടപ്പ് (thondayadapp) is not the throat but a blocked or hoarse throat, so it names the complaint rather than the body part, and the colloquial word for throat survives here only inside that compound.
Common questions
How do you say throat in Malayalam?
കണ്ഠം (kandam) is the entry in the dictionary, used for the throat, the neck and the voice.
Why does കണ്ഠം (kandam) also mean voice?
Because the throat is where the voice is produced; praise for someone's കണ്ഠം (kandam) is praise for the singing, not the anatomy.