Cracker in Malayalam
A cracker in the firework sense is പടക്കം (padakkam) in Malayalam, the kind set off at festivals and weddings. The word has a nicely explosive sound of its own, pa-dak-kam, with a doubled kk. It does not mean a cracker you eat.
Most common translation
A cracker.
കുട്ടികൾ മുറ്റത്ത് പടക്കം പൊട്ടിച്ചു.
kuttikal muttathu padakkam pottichu.
The children burst a cracker in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “cracker”
- പടക്കം (padakkam) — A cracker.
- പാക്കുവെട്ടി (pakkuvetti) — Nut- cracker.
- വെടികൾ (vedikal) — Shots; firings of a gun or cracker; in other contexts the word changes, as photographs or attempts at goal.
Looking at all three, padakkam is the firework; പാക്കുവെട്ടി (pakkuvetti) is a nutcracker, the tool for splitting areca nut, and വെടികൾ (vedikal) means shots or firings, including the sound of crackers going off.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for cracker?
Cracker is പടക്കം (padakkam).
What about a cracker you eat with tea?
That is a different sense of the English word and is not covered by any of the options here; all of them relate to things that bang or crack open.