Water in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “water”:
- അംബു (ambu) — Water.
- അഞ്ജലി (anjali) — Holding the palms of the hands together (in salutation), a vessel(pot) for holding water.
- അടിച്ചുതളി (adichuthali) — Sweep the floor and sprinkle water on it (to purify it as a ritual), the work of sweeping and scrubbing the floor.
- അപ്സരസ് (apsarasu) — Water nymph.
- ആവി (aavi) — Vapour, water vapour, smoke, life.
- ഉദകം (udakam) — Water.
- ഏത്തം (eatham) — Obeisance, praise, a kind of punishment for wrong-doing, a device to draw water.
- കമലം (kamalam) — Lotus, water, pheasant, the indian crane.
- കുമിള (kumila) — Bubble, water bubble.
- ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
- ചാമ്പുക (chaambuka) — Doze, send water through a hose pipe.
- ചുക്കുവെള്ളം (chukkuvellam) — Water boiled with dried ginger.
- ജലം (jalam) — Water; water, liquid state.
- ജലപാനം (jalapaanam) — Drinking water, the simplest kind of food.
- ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham) — Water current, flood.
- ജലബാധ (jalabaadha) — Ravage caused by water, calls of nature.
- ജലയാത്ര (jalayaathra) — Voyage, journey by water.
- ജലാശയം (jalaashayam) — Reservoir of water, well, pond, lake, sea, etc.
- തര്പ്പണം (tharappanam) — Satisfaction, libation to the spirits of the dead, sprinkling (consecrated) water, fountain.
- തീര്ത്ഥം (theertham) — Holy water, holy place, ferry, water of the Ganges.
- തോര്ത്തുക (thorthuka) — Dry, wipe water from the body with a towel after bath.
- തോര്ത്ത് (thorth) — Cloth used for wiping water, towel.
- നിര്ജ്ജലം (nirjjalam) — Sth.without water, waterless place, dry place or desert.
- നില (nila) — Condition, state, position, a fathom depth, (water level up to one's head), standing, camp, stature, manners, storey of a building.
- നീരാവി (neeraavi) — Water vapour, steam.
- നീരോടി (neerodi) — Water channel, sluice.
- നീര് (neer) — Water, juice, swelling of the organs.
- നീര്ക്കണം (neerkkanam) — Water- drop.
- നീവാരം (neevaram) — Grains, water.
- പാനി (paani) — Drinking water, a concentrated form of toddy, thick jaggery, a pot for gathering toddy.
- പാനീയം (paaneeyam) — Beverage, anything suitable for drinking, water.
- പായല് (payal) — Water weed, mosses.
- പീത (peetha) — Yellow coloured, drunk, soaked in water.
- പുണ്യതീര്ത്ഥം (punyatheertham) — Place of pilgrimage, water of a sacred river, holy water.
- പുതുവെള്ളം (puthuvellam) — Water collected in rivers, wells, etc. after fresh rains.
- പുനല് (punal) — Water, river, current, flow, funnel.
- പുളവന് (pulavan) — A kind of snake, fresh - water snake.
- പൂര്ണ്ണം (poornnam) — Fullness, state of being complete, perfect, water.
- പൊങ്ങുതടി (ponguthadi) — A raft that floats in water, a catamaran.
- പ്രവഹം (pravaham) — Flow, current, wind, water vessel.
- ബാഷ്പം (baashpam) — Tear, vapour, water vapour, mist.
- മുക്കുക (mukkuka) — Dip in water, immerse, plunge, plate a metal object with gold, baptize.
- മുങ്ങല് (mungal) — A dip in water, plunging (fig.) flight, running away, escaping.
- മൃദുലം (mridulam) — That which is gentle or soft, water.
- രോമം (romam) — Hair (of the body), water, pore, hole, (fig.) a trifling or insignificant thing.
- വ്യോമം (vyomam) — Sky, atmosphere, water.
- ഹേമം (hemam) — Gold, water, snow, winter; strain, violence, force, compulsion.