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saffron meaning in Malayalam

കുങ്കുമം kuṅkumaṁ

/ˈsæfɹən/US/ˈsæfɹən/

saffron in Malayalam: കുങ്കുമം (kuṅkumaṁ), രോഹിതം (rōhitaṁ), ശോണം (śōṇaṁ), ഗൗരം (gauraṁ). In English, saffron means a plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.

Malayalam words for saffron

saffron
കുങ്കുമം kuṅkumaṁ, രോഹിതം rōhitaṁ, ശോണം śōṇaṁ, ഗൗരം gauraṁ

English meaning of saffron

  1. noun A plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.
  2. noun A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
  3. noun An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
  4. adjective Having an orange-yellow colour.

Full definition of saffron

saffron in a sentence

  • saffroned water, saffroned rice
  • Or warts, or wheales, it hangs upon her skinne.

Synonyms of saffron

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Questions about saffron in Malayalam

What is the meaning of saffron in Malayalam?
Saffron in Malayalam is കുങ്കുമം (kuṅkumaṁ), രോഹിതം (rōhitaṁ), ശോണം (śōṇaṁ), ഗൗരം (gauraṁ).
saffron എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Saffron: കുങ്കുമം (kuṅkumaṁ), രോഹിതം (rōhitaṁ), ശോണം (śōṇaṁ), ഗൗരം (gauraṁ).
What does saffron mean in English?
Saffron means a plant of species Crocus sativus, a crocus.

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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “saffron”: കുങ്കുമം, ഗൗരം, രോഹിതം, ശോണം. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: saffron (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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