Copper in Malayalam
The reddish brown metal is ചെമ്പ് (chembu) in Malayalam, used both of the metal and of the vessels made from it. Say chem-bu. In Kerala kitchens a large copper pot often goes by this name alone.
Most common translation
Copper, the reddish brown metal used for vessels and wires.
ചെമ്പ് പാത്രത്തിൽ വെള്ളം തിളപ്പിച്ചു.
chembu paathratthil vellam thilappichu.
I boiled water in a copper vessel.
All Malayalam words for “copper”
- ചെമ്പ് (chembu) — Copper, the reddish brown metal used for vessels and wires.
- വാതകം (vaathakam) — Gas, vapour, copper.
- ഈയംപുശുക (eayampushuka) — Give a coating of tin (to copper vessels).
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- ലോഹം (loham) — Metal, a hard shiny material such as iron, copper or gold.
ചെമ്പ് (chembu) is the metal itself and ലോഹം (loham) is the general word for metal. ഈയംപുശുക (eayampushuka) is to tin a copper vessel, ചക്രം (chakram) can mean an old copper coin, and വാതകം (vaathakam) lists copper among senses that are mostly about gas and vapour.
Common questions
How do you say copper in Malayalam?
Say ചെമ്പ് (chembu), copper.
What is the general word for metal?
ലോഹം (loham), which covers iron, copper, gold and other metals.