Disc in Malayalam
ഡിസ്ക് (disku) is the borrowed word for a disc, from a CD to the disc between two vertebrae in your back. Doctors and shopkeepers both use it. For the bright disc of the sun or moon, older Malayalam reaches for ബിംബം (bimbam) or മണ്ഡലം (mandalam).
Most common translation
Disc, a thin flat round object such as a CD; also the disc between spinal bones.
പാട്ടുകളുടെ ഡിസ്ക് കാറിൽ ഉണ്ട്.
paattukalude disku kaaril undu
The disc of songs is in the car.
All Malayalam words for “disc”
- ഡിസ്ക് (disku) — Disc, a thin flat round object such as a CD; also the disc between spinal bones.
- ബിംബം (bimbam) — Image, idol, the disc of the sun or the moon, mirror, reflected image, a globular object.
- മണ്ഡലം (mandalam) — Circle, sphere circumference, halo, disc of the sun, circular motion, society, a period of forty-one days.
ഡിസ്ക് (disku) is the modern, technical disc, while ബിംബം (bimbam) and മണ്ഡലം (mandalam) are poetic and classical words for the disc of a heavenly body.
Common questions
How do you say disc in Malayalam?
Disc is ഡിസ്ക് (disku).
Which word is used for a slipped disc in the spine?
The same ഡിസ്ക് (disku), which covers the spinal disc as well as a CD.