Clothes in Malayalam
The things people wear are വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ (vasthrangal) in Malayalam, a plural noun used in shops and in writing. It runs vas-thran-gal, with a soft th. Spoken Malayalam often uses the singular of the same stem for a single garment.
Clothes, garments, the things people wear.
അമ്മ വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ അലക്കി.
amma vasthrangal alakki
Mother washed the clothes.
All Malayalam words for “clothes”
- വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ (vasthrangal) — Clothes, garments, the things people wear.
- ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam) — Covering, concealment, veil, clothes.
- അങ്കവസ്ത്രം (ankavasthram) — Clothes (dress) covering the upper part of the body, upper cloth, shawl.
- അലവലാതി (alavalathi) — Tramp, beggar, person in tattered clothes, loafer.
- ഉടിപ്പിക്കുക (udippikkuka) — To dress, to clothe sb, put clothes on sb.
- ഉടുക്കുക (udukkuka) — Put on clothes, to dress.
- ഉണങ്ങിയ (unangiya) — Dry, without moisture; dried, as of clothes, ground or firewood.
- ഓണക്കോടി (onakkodi) — New clothes bought or presented during Onam celebrations.
- കാഷായം (kaashaayam) — Clothes dyed in red ochre.
- തയ്യൽക്കാരൻ (thayyalkkaran) — Tailor; a person who stitches and alters clothes.
- തുണി (thuni) — Cloth. Woven fabric; a piece of material, also clothes in general.
- നനഞ്ഞ (nananja) — Wet, soaked with water; damp, as of clothes or hair after rain.
- ഫാഷൻ (fashan) — Fashion; the current style in clothes and appearance, a passing trend, the clothing trade.
- മോഡലുകൾ (modalukal) — Models; the different versions or designs of a product, also people who display clothes; a model to copy is a maathruka.
- വസിക്കുക (vasikkuka) — Dwell, reside, wear clothes.
- വിഴുപ്പ് (vizhupp) — Soiled clothes, dirty linen for washing.
വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ (vasthrangal) is the straightforward plural for clothes, and ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam) is a more literary covering or veil. അങ്കവസ്ത്രം (ankavasthram) is an upper cloth or shawl, അലവലാതി (alavalathi) describes a person in tattered clothes, and ഉടുക്കുക (udukkuka) and ഉടിപ്പിക്കുക (udippikkuka) are the verbs for putting clothes on yourself and on someone else. ഫാഷൻ (fashan) and മോഡലുകൾ (modalukal) belong to the clothing trade rather than to garments as such.
Common questions
How do you say clothes in Malayalam?
Say വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ (vasthrangal), the plural word for clothes or garments.
How do I say to get dressed?
Use ഉടുക്കുക (udukkuka) for putting clothes on yourself, and ഉടിപ്പിക്കുക (udippikkuka) for dressing somebody else.