Burrowing in Malayalam
Burrowing and digging are both ഖനനം (gananam), the noun for excavation, used of mining as readily as of an animal digging into earth. It turns up in geology, in engineering and in news about quarries. Read it kha-na-nam.
Most common translation
Digging, burrowing, mining.
പുഴയോരത്ത് മണൽ ഖനനം നിരോധിച്ചു.
puzhayoraththu manal gananam nirodhichu.
Sand digging near the river was banned.
All Malayalam words for “burrowing”
- ഖനനം (gananam) — Digging, burrowing, mining.
- തോണ്ടല് (thondal) — Digging, scooping out, burrowing.
തോണ്ടല് (thondal) is the homelier word for scooping or hollowing out, the small scale digging done with a stick or a finger.
Common questions
How do you say burrowing in Malayalam?
Burrowing is ഖനനം (gananam), digging or excavation.
Which word fits scooping out a small hole?
തോണ്ടല് (thondal), digging or scooping out.