Winter in Malayalam
In Malayalam the cold season is called തണുപ്പുകാലം (thanuppukaalam), literally the cold time, and that is the word Keralites use for winter. Break it as tha-nup-pu-kaa-lam; it suits conversation and writing equally. Kerala has no snowy winter, so it covers the cooler months around December to February.
Winter.
തണുപ്പുകാലം ആയാൽ പുലർച്ചെ മൂടൽമഞ്ഞ് ഉണ്ടാകും.
thanuppukaalam aayaal pularche moodalmanju undaakum.
When winter comes there is fog at dawn.
All Malayalam words for “winter”
- തണുപ്പുകാലം (thanuppukaalam) — Winter.
- മഞ്ഞുകാലം (manjukalam) — Winter.
- ശൈത്യകാലം (shaithyakaalam) — Winter, cold season.
- ഹേമം (hemam) — Gold, water, snow, winter; strain, violence, force, compulsion.
- പുതയ്ക്കുക (puthaykkuka) — Wrap cloth over the body (in winter) to keep it warm.
തണുപ്പുകാലം (thanuppukaalam) and മഞ്ഞുകാലം (manjukalam) are the everyday choices, ശൈത്യകാലം (shaithyakaalam) is the formal written term, ഹേമം (hemam) is a poetic word with many other senses, and പുതയ്ക്കുക (puthaykkuka) is a verb about wrapping up warmly.
Common questions
How do you say winter in Malayalam?
Say തണുപ്പുകാലം (thanuppukaalam); ശൈത്യകാലം (shaithyakaalam) is the more bookish alternative.
Is there a word for a snowy winter?
മഞ്ഞുകാലം (manjukalam) means the snow season, so it fits winters where snow actually falls.