Bit in Malayalam
A bit meaning a tiny quantity is നുള്ള് (null) in Malayalam, literally a pinch, as much as you hold between two fingertips. Cooks use it constantly, for a bit of salt or a bit of sugar. When a bit means a broken-off piece or a fraction, the word turns into ഭിന്നം (bhinnam).
A pinch, a bit, a very small amount.
കറിയിൽ ഒരു നുള്ള് ഉപ്പ് ചേർക്കൂ.
kariyil oru nullu uppu cherkkoo.
Add a pinch of salt to the curry.
All Malayalam words for “bit”
- നുള്ള് (null) — A pinch, a bit, a very small amount.
- ഭിന്നം (bhinnam) — A bit, portion, piece, flower, toddy, fraction, a flaw in diamonds.
- കടുകിട (kadukida) — Even a bit.
നുള്ള് (null) measures a very small amount, ഭിന്നം (bhinnam) names a portion or piece separated from a whole, and കടുകിട (kadukida) is the emphatic even a bit that mostly turns up in denials.
Common questions
How do you say bit in Malayalam?
For a small quantity say നുള്ള് (null); for a bit meaning a piece, ഭിന്നം (bhinnam).
How do you stress not even a bit?
കടുകിട (kadukida) carries exactly that sense of even a bit, used in negative sentences.