Digging in Malayalam
Digging, especially of earth, is ഖനനം (gananam). The first letter is an aspirated kh, so the word starts with a breathy push. It is standard in writing about mining, excavation and archaeology.
Most common translation
Digging, burrowing, mining.
പുഴയോരത്ത് മണൽ ഖനനം നിരോധിച്ചു.
puzhayoraththu manal gananam nirodhichu.
Sand digging near the river was banned.
All Malayalam words for “digging”
- ഖനനം (gananam) — Digging, burrowing, mining.
- തോണ്ടല് (thondal) — Digging, scooping out, burrowing.
- ഖനനയന്ത്രം (gananayanthram) — Machine for digging or mining, excavator.
- പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka) — Fell trees by digging around, uproot, rend, produce a cracking sound.
ഖനനം (gananam) is the formal noun for digging and mining; തോണ്ടല് (thondal) is the homelier word for scooping or hollowing something out; ഖനനയന്ത്രം (gananayanthram) names the machine, an excavator; and പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka) means uprooting a tree by digging around it.
Common questions
How do you say digging in Malayalam?
Digging is ഖനനം (gananam).
What do I call an excavator?
ഖനനയന്ത്രം (gananayanthram), literally the digging machine.