Dressing in Malayalam
The act of putting on clothes is വസ്ത്രധാരണം (vasthradhaaranam) in Malayalam, a formal compound from the words for cloth and wearing. You meet it in writing about costume, dress codes and custom. Say it vas-thra-dhaa-ra-nam.
Most common translation
വസ്ത്രധാരണം (vasthradhaaranam)
Dressing.
ഉത്സവത്തിന് വൃത്തിയുള്ള വസ്ത്രധാരണം വേണം.
uthsavaththinu vruththiyulla vasthradhaaranam venam
Neat dress is needed for the festival.
All Malayalam words for “dressing”
- വസ്ത്രധാരണം (vasthradhaaranam) — Dressing.
- ഉടുപ്പ് (uduppu) — Dressing, garment, apparel.
- അണിയറ (aniyara) — Dressing room, green room.
- അണിയല് (aniyal) — Wearing, dressing up, decoration, adornment.
- പതംവരുക (pathamvaruka) — Soften, give the proper temper, give a dressing by beating.
അണിയല് is dressing up and adorning oneself, ഉടുപ്പ് usually means the garment itself, അണിയറ is a dressing room backstage, and പതംവരുക is a separate verb about beating something into the right condition.
Common questions
How do you say dressing in Malayalam?
വസ്ത്രധാരണം (vasthradhaaranam) is the word for dressing, the wearing of clothes.
Which word means a dressing room?
അണിയറ (aniyara) is the dressing room or green room in a theatre.