Anklet in Malayalam
The anklet worn on a woman's feet is പാദസരം (padhasaram) in Malayalam, the tinkling ornament familiar from dance and from wedding jewellery. It is the word a jeweller would use. The first part comes from the Sanskrit for foot.
Most common translation
Anklet for the feet worn by women; a tinkling foot ornament.
അവൾ പുതിയ പാദസരം അണിഞ്ഞു.
aval puthiya padhasaram aninju.
She wore a new anklet.
All Malayalam words for “anklet”
- പാദസരം (padhasaram) — Anklet for the feet worn by women; a tinkling foot ornament.
- തള (thala) — Anklet, fetters, bondage, foot-rope with a noose for climbing up palm trees.
തള (thala) can mean an anklet too, but its main senses are fetters and bondage, including the foot rope used for climbing palms, so it carries quite a different feel.
Common questions
How do you say anklet in Malayalam?
പാദസരം (padhasaram), the ornamental anklet.
Why does thala appear here?
Because it covers rings put round the ankle generally, including fetters and a climber's foot rope.