Covering in Malayalam
For covering as a noun, Malayalam uses ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam). It is a formal Sanskrit-derived word meaning a covering, a veil or concealment, and it also stands for clothing in elevated writing. In speech people more often use a verb for the same idea.
Covering, concealment, veil, clothes.
മണ്ണിന് ഇലകൾ കൊണ്ട് ആച്ഛാദനം ഇട്ടു.
manninu ilakal kondu aachaadanam ittu.
They put a covering of leaves on the soil.
All Malayalam words for “covering”
- ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam) — Covering, concealment, veil, clothes.
- തിരോധാനം (thirodhaanam) — Disappearance, veil, covering, screen.
- പരിധി (paridhi) — Limit, boundary, range, circumference, enclosure, horizon, covering, chariot wheel.
- മൂടല് (moodal) — Misty appearance, dimness, cloudy sky, covering.
- അഗ്രചര്മ്മം (agracharmam) — Foreskin, loose skin covering the end of the penis, prepuce.
- അങ്കവസ്ത്രം (ankavasthram) — Clothes (dress) covering the upper part of the body, upper cloth, shawl.
- ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) — Grasping, swallowing, covering up, comprehension, power of comprehension, eclipse (solar or lunar).
- തൊപ്പി (thoppi) — Cap. A head covering; hat.
- തൊലി (tholi) — Skin, the outer covering of the body, also the peel of a fruit or vegetable.
- പൊത്തിപ്പിടി (pothippidi) — Covering with the palms, seizing person round his shoulders and arms (as in wrestling).
- മൂടുക (mooduka) — Cover, wrap, put the lid on, conceal by covering, bury.
- മേൽക്കൂര (melkkoora) — Roof, the covering on top of a house or building.
- ഷൂ (shoo) — Shoe. A covering worn on the foot; footwear.
ആച്ഛാദനം is the formal noun, മൂടല് a softer everyday noun for a covering or mistiness, and മൂടുക the plain verb to cover or put a lid on. തിരോധാനം leans towards disappearance, അങ്കവസ്ത്രം is an upper garment, പരിധി is a boundary or circumference, and ഗ്രഹണം and പൊത്തിപ്പിടി reach covering only through their own special senses.
Common questions
What is covering in Malayalam?
As a noun, ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam). As a verb, to cover something, മൂടുക (mooduka).
Which word would you use for a misty covering of cloud?
മൂടല് (moodal), which names mistiness, dimness and an overcast sky as well as a covering.