Charcoal in Malayalam

Charcoal is മരക്കരി (marakkari) in Malayalam, a compound of the words for wood and burnt black residue. That makes it the precise term for charcoal made by charring wood, the kind burnt in a grill or a box iron. Four light syllables: ma-rak-ka-ri.

Most common translation

മരക്കരി (marakkari)

Charcoal.

ചായക്കടയിൽ ഇപ്പോഴും മരക്കരി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു.

chaayakkadayil ippozhum marakkari upayogikkunnu.

Charcoal is still used at the tea shop.

All Malayalam words for “charcoal”

കട്ടക്കരി also means charcoal and is often heard for coal in lumps, അംഗാരം is the Sanskrit-derived word for burning coal or carbon, and കരിക്കുക is the verb to char something.

Common questions

How do you say charcoal in Malayalam?

മരക്കരി (marakkari) is the word for charcoal, literally wood charcoal.

What is the verb for making charcoal?

കരിക്കുക (karikkuka) means to char something or burn it to charcoal.