Axis in Malayalam
The axis a body turns on is its അച്ചുതണ്ട് (achuthandu), built from the words for axle and rod. It is the term used in geography lessons about the earth rotating and in mechanics for a shaft.
Most common translation
Axis.
വണ്ടിയുടെ അച്ചുതണ്ട് തകർന്നു പോയി.
vandiyude achuthandu thakarnnu poyi
The axle of the cart broke.
All Malayalam words for “axis”
- അച്ചുതണ്ട് (achuthandu) — Axis.
- അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham) — A degree of latitude (that which divides tha axis).
അച്ചുതണ്ട് (achuthandu) is the axis itself, while അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham) means a degree of latitude and belongs to map reading rather than to the idea of an axis.
Common questions
How do you say axis in Malayalam?
അച്ചുതണ്ട് (achuthandu) is the word for an axis or shaft.
Which word does a geography book use for latitude?
അക്ഷാംശം (akshamsham), the term for latitude, paired in textbooks with the word for longitude.