Box in Malayalam
പെട്ടി (petti) is the plain Malayalam box, used for a cardboard carton, a wooden chest, a suitcase and a ballot box alike. The tt is doubled and crisp, pet-ti. It combines freely, which is how you get a wooden box and a money box.
Most common translation
Box.
പുസ്തകങ്ങള് എല്ലാം പെട്ടിയില് വെച്ചു
pusthakangal ellaam pettiyil vechu
All the books were put in the box.
All Malayalam words for “box”
- പെട്ടി (petti) — Box.
- പേടകം (pedakam) — Box, basket, case, multitude.
- പെട്ടകം (peddakkam) — Case, box, ark.
- ചോറ്റുപാത്രം (chottupaathram) — Tiffin box.
- ഡപ്പി (dappi) — Small box with a lid (eg. snuff box).
- തുറക്കുക (thurakkuka) — Opened, past of open; made a door, box or shop open; unfastened or started business.
- പണപ്പെട്ടി (panapetti) — Money - box, a safe, (idm.) one who has amassed a lot of money.
- മരപ്പെട്ടി (marappetti) — Wooden box.
- വഞ്ചി (vanchi) — A large boat, name of former Travancore state, Thiru-vanchikkulam, treasure box.
petti is the general box, marappetti a wooden one, panapetti a money box or safe, chottupaathram a tiffin box for rice, dappi a small lidded box, and peddakkam and pedakam are older words for a case or ark.
Common questions
How do you say box in Malayalam?
Box is പെട്ടി (petti).
How do I say a wooden box?
Join the material to the noun as one word and you get marappetti, which is how Malayalam normally forms this kind of compound.