Bunch in Malayalam
പടല (padala) does duty for a bunch, originally a cluster of plantains on the stalk and by extension any group held together. Kerala markets use it for bananas every day. For flowers, പൂക്കുല (pookkula) is the word.
Most common translation
Cluster of plantains (fruit), a group, a bunch.
അമ്മ ഒരു പടല പഴം വാങ്ങി.
amma oru padala pazham vaangi.
Mother bought a cluster of bananas.
All Malayalam words for “bunch”
- പടല (padala) — Cluster of plantains (fruit), a group, a bunch.
- പൂക്കുല (pookkula) — Cluster of flowers, bunch of flowers, inflorescence, bouquet.
- പൊട്ടുകുല (pottukula) — Bunch of unripe plantain fruits.
- മഞ്ജരി (manjari) — Bunch of flowers, a tender bunch, climbing vine, holy basil, name of a Dravidian metre, bouquet.
പടല (padala) is a bunch of plantains or a general group; പൂക്കുല (pookkula) and മഞ്ജരി (manjari) are clusters of flowers, and പൊട്ടുകുല (pottukula) a bunch of unripe plantains.
Common questions
How do you say bunch in Malayalam?
പടല (padala) for a bunch of fruit or a general cluster.
And a bunch of flowers?
പൂക്കുല (pookkula), or മഞ്ജരി (manjari) in literary use.