Twilight in Malayalam
Twilight is അസ്തമയ സന്ധ്യ (asthamaya sandhya), a two-word phrase joining the setting of the sun to the junction hour between day and night. Say as-tha-ma-ya san-dhya. It is the lamp-lighting hour in a Kerala house, and the second word alone often carries the whole meaning.
അസ്തമയ സന്ധ്യ (asthamaya sandhya)
Dusk, twilight.
അസ്തമയ സന്ധ്യ ആകുമ്പോൾ പക്ഷികൾ മടങ്ങും.
asthamaya sandhya aakumpol pakshikal madangum.
When dusk comes the birds return.
All Malayalam words for “twilight”
- അസ്തമയ സന്ധ്യ (asthamaya sandhya) — Dusk, twilight.
- ചരമം (charamam) — Death, the end, the west, the twilight glow.
ചരമം (charamam) means death and the west, with the twilight glow as an extended sense, so it is a literary word for the dying of the light rather than for the time of day.
Common questions
How do you say twilight in Malayalam?
Twilight is അസ്തമയ സന്ധ്യ (asthamaya sandhya).
Is there a shorter way to say it?
Yes. The second element of അസ്തമയ സന്ധ്യ (asthamaya sandhya) is used on its own for the dusk hour, with the first word added when the sunset needs spelling out.