White in Malayalam
White is വെളുപ്പ് (veluppu), the name of the colour of milk and clean cloth. Say veluppu with a light e and a doubled p. It is the everyday word, used as a noun for the colour and in compounds for white things.
Most common translation
White, the colour of milk and clean cloth.
പാലിന്റെ നിറം വെളുപ്പാണ്.
paalinte niram veluppaanu.
The colour of milk is white.
All Malayalam words for “white”
- വെളുപ്പ് (veluppu) — White, the colour of milk and clean cloth.
- അര്ജ്ജുന (arjjuna) — White, silver-like, pure.
- ശ്യേത (shyetha) — White.
- രജത (rajatha) — Made of silver, pert. to silver, white.
- വിശദമാക്കുക (vishadamaakkuka) — Clarify, make lucid, clear, white, etc.
- ഉപ്പ് (uppu) — Salt. The white seasoning added to food; also the salty taste.
- ചാരനിറം (chaaraniram) — Grey, the colour of ash, between black and white.
- തൂവെള്ള (thoovella) — Pure white, snow-white.
- പല്ല് (pallu) — Tooth, one of the hard white parts in the mouth used for biting and chewing.
- പാല് (paalu) — Milk, the white liquid from a cow or from a mother, used in tea and cooking.
- പാൽ (paal) — Milk, the white liquid from cows or goats, used as a drink and in cooking.
- പുറ്റ് (putt) — Soil heaped by white ants etc., dry pass, holes where sucker, rats, ants, etc. live.
- പുളു (pulu) — White lie, falsehood, untruthful statement, exaggerated talk.
- പുളുവടിക്കുക (puluvadikkuka) — Tell lies, talk exaggeratingly, utter white lies or falsehood.
- രംഗം (ramgam) — Stage, dais, platform, theatre stage, assembly, battlefield, colour, white lead (tin), dance, amusement, entertainment.
- വെളുത്തുള്ളി (veluthulli) — Garlic. The white bulb used as a spice in curries.
- വെള്ളി (velli) — Silver; the white precious metal used for ornaments and coins, the shiny grey colour of it; the same word also means Friday.
- ശുദ്ധം (shuddham) — State of purity, sth. unadulterated, sth. white and spotless, unpolluted state, one of the seven kinds of adjectives (gram.).
- സ്വച്ഛ (swacha) — Very white, pure, clear, happy.
അര്ജ്ജുന (arjjuna), ശ്യേത (shyetha) and രജത (rajatha) are Sanskritic words for white found in poetry, names and classical texts rather than in conversation; ചാരനിറം (chaaraniram) is grey, the colour between black and white.
Common questions
How do you say white in Malayalam?
White is വെളുപ്പ് (veluppu).
Which word for white appears in names?
അര്ജ്ജുന (arjjuna), the classical word for white or silver bright, which is best known as a name from the epics.