Ball in Malayalam
Children in Kerala shout for a പന്ത് (panth) when they want a ball. The word covers any round object you play with, from a rubber ball to a football, and it ends in a short clipped tu sound rather than a full vowel. Add kali, play, and you get panthukali, a ball game.
Most common translation
Ball, playing ball, globular object, cards marked up to number ten.
കുട്ടികൾ മുറ്റത്ത് പന്ത് കളിക്കുന്നു.
kuttikal muttathu panthu kalikkunnu.
The children are playing ball in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “ball”
- പന്ത് (panth) — Ball, playing ball, globular object, cards marked up to number ten.
- അമ്മാനം (ammanam) — Wooden ball thrown up and down as a kind of game.
- ഉരുളുക (uruluka) — Roll; to turn over and over while moving, as a ball or a stone; to roll something up is churuttuka.
- എള്ളുണ്ട (ellunda) — Gingelly ball.
- പന്തുകളി (panthukali) — Playing with a ball, football.
panth is the ball itself and panthukali is the game played with it; ammanam is an old game played with wooden balls thrown in the air, and ellunda is a sweet sesame ball you eat.
Common questions
How do you say ball in Malayalam?
Ball is പന്ത് (panth).
How do I say football in Malayalam?
panthukali covers playing with a ball and is also the usual word for football as a game.