Bag in Malayalam
സഞ്ചി (sanchi) is the ordinary Malayalam bag, the cloth or paper one you carry shopping in, and it also covers a pouch or small purse. Shopkeepers in Kerala ask whether you need a sanchi at the counter. It has two syllables with a soft ch, san-chi.
Most common translation
Pouch, bag, purse.
അമ്മ ചന്തയിലേക്ക് ഒരു സഞ്ചി കൊണ്ടുപോയി.
amma chanthayilekku oru sanchi kondupoyi.
Mother took a bag to the market.
All Malayalam words for “bag”
- സഞ്ചി (sanchi) — Pouch, bag, purse.
- പൊക്കണം (pokkanam) — Ruck sack, bag, bundle, begging alms.
- എന്റെ (ente) — Mine, my own; Malayalam uses ente with the thing named, as in ee bag enteyaanu, this bag is mine.
- ചാക്ക് (chaak) — Sack, gunny bag.
- തോലുറ (tholura) — Leather case, leather bag, leather sheath.
- പണക്കിഴി (panakkizhi) — Purse, money bag, money tied in a piece of cloth or bag, prize in the form of money.
- ബാഗ് (baag) — Bag. A container with a handle for carrying things; sack.
- മാറാപ്പ് (maaraapp) — Knapsack, rucksack, bundle, shoulder bag.
sanchi is the general small bag, chaak is a big sack of the gunny kind, maaraapp is a bundle or rucksack slung over the shoulder, panakkizhi is specifically a money bag, and tholura means a leather case.
Common questions
How do you say bag in Malayalam?
Bag is സഞ്ചി (sanchi).
Which word suits a school bag or backpack?
For something worn on the back, maaraapp fits better, since sanchi suggests a lighter hand-carried bag or pouch.