Cup in Malayalam
A cup is a കപ്പ് (kapp), borrowed straight from English and fully naturalised, and the same word names a trophy cup. The doubled p is pronounced, kap-p, which is how the English word was taken into Malayalam.
Most common translation
Cup, plate.
ഒരു കപ്പ് ചായ തരൂ.
oru kappu chaya tharoo.
Give me a cup of tea.
All Malayalam words for “cup”
- കപ്പ് (kapp) — Cup, plate.
- കടോരം (kadoram) — Cup, chalice, tumbler.
കപ്പ് (kapp) is the everyday word, used for a tea cup as much as for a trophy, while കടോരം (kadoram) is a literary word for a cup, chalice or tumbler.
Common questions
How do you say cup in Malayalam?
കപ്പ് (kapp) is the word in daily use for a cup.
Which word is used for a trophy?
കപ്പ് (kapp) again. The winning team lifts the കപ്പ്, just as in English.