Cards in Malayalam
കാർഡ് (kaard) is the borrowed word for a card of any kind, a bank card, an identity card or a greeting card, and it serves for the plural as well in casual use. The first syllable is long and the final consonants are clipped, kaard. Playing cards are a separate matter.
Cards, a card; a printed or plastic card such as a bank card or a greeting card; card, a small stiff piece of paper or plastic such as a bank card or a greeting card.
എന്റെ കാർഡുകൾ മേശയിൽ ഉണ്ട്.
ente kaardukal meshayil undu.
My cards are on the table.
All Malayalam words for “cards”
- കാർഡ് (kaard) — Cards, a card; a printed or plastic card such as a bank card or a greeting card; card, a small stiff piece of paper or plastic such as a bank card or a greeting card.
- ചീട്ടുകളി (cheettukali) — Game of cards.
- പന്ത് (panth) — Ball, playing ball, globular object, cards marked up to number ten.
- പേഴ്സ് (persu) — Wallet. A small folding case for carrying money and cards; purse.
kaard is the modern card; cheettukali is a game of cards, from cheettu, a playing card, and panth is listed only because of an old sense about cards marked up to ten.
Common questions
How do you say cards in Malayalam?
Cards are കാർഡ് (kaard).
What do I say for playing cards?
Use cheettukali for the game itself, since that word belongs to the pack of playing cards rather than to plastic or printed cards.