Clapping in Malayalam
Clapping is കയ്യടി (kayyadi), a compound of hand and strike, and the same word serves for applause. You will hear it at school functions and in the instruction to give someone a round of applause.
Most common translation
Applause, clapping of hands.
പാട്ട് കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോള് വലിയ കയ്യടി കിട്ടി.
paattu kazhinjappol valiya kayyadi kitti.
The song received big applause when it ended.
All Malayalam words for “clapping”
- കയ്യടി (kayyadi) — Applause, clapping of hands.
- കൈയ്യടി (kaiyyadi) — Clapping of hands, applause.
കയ്യടി (kayyadi) and കൈയ്യടി (kaiyyadi) are two spellings of the same word, both meaning clapping and applause, and the difference is only in how the hand element is written.
Common questions
How do you say clapping in Malayalam?
കയ്യടി (kayyadi) is the word for clapping and for applause.
Why are two spellings listed?
Malayalam allows the word for hand to be written slightly differently in compounds, so the two entries are variant spellings of one word, not separate words.