Cotton in Malayalam
Cotton as a crop and a fibre is പരുത്തി (paruthi) in Malayalam. The word names the cotton plant and the cotton it yields, so it is what agricultural writing and textile talk use. Note that the fluffy cotton wool sold in shops has its own word.
Cotton plant, cotton.
ഈ ഷർട്ട് പരുത്തി തുണി കൊണ്ടാണ്.
ee shartu paruthi thuni kondaanu.
This shirt is made of cotton cloth.
All Malayalam words for “cotton”
- പരുത്തി (paruthi) — Cotton plant, cotton.
- ഉന്നം (unnam) — Aim, target; silk cotton.
- ഉന്നമുരിക്ക് (unnamurikk) — Silk cotton tree.
- തൂലിക (thoolika) — Feather, pen, painter's brush, cotton mattress, lamp wick.
- പഞ്ഞി (panji) — Cotton wool.
- പഞ്ഞിമരം (panjimaram) — Cotton tree.
പരുത്തി is the cotton plant and its fibre, പഞ്ഞി is cotton wool as you buy it, and പഞ്ഞിമരം is the cotton tree. ഉന്നം and ഉന്നമുരിക്ക് belong to silk cotton, and തൂലിക reaches cotton only through the sense of a cotton mattress.
Common questions
What is cotton in Malayalam?
For the plant and the fibre, പരുത്തി (paruthi). For cotton wool, പഞ്ഞി (panji).
Which word would a pharmacy use?
പഞ്ഞി (panji), since that is cotton wool, the soft wadding used for dressing wounds.