Drop in Malayalam

Among these options the word for a drop is ബിന്ദു (bindu), two clean syllables, which also means a point or a dot. Note that the most colloquial Malayalam word for a drop of liquid is not in this list, so ബിന്ദു reads slightly more technical.

Most common translation

ബിന്ദു (bindu)

Drop, point, centre, full stop, zero, the space between the eyebrows, a kind of leprosy of the elephants.

രണ്ട് വരികൾ ഒരു ബിന്ദുവിൽ ചേരുന്നു.

randu varikal oru binduvil cherunnu.

The two lines meet at a point.

All Malayalam words for “drop”

ബിന്ദു (bindu) is a drop or point; കണിക (kanika) is a tiny particle or iota that can stand for a drop; നീര്‍ക്കണം (neerkkanam) is specifically a water drop; and ഇറ്റിക്കുക (ittikkuka), ഊറുക (ooruka), ചൊട്ടുക (chottuka), ഉതിരുക (uthiruka) and കൊഴിയുക (kozhiyuka) are verbs about dripping or falling.

Common questions

How do you say drop in Malayalam?

Of the listed words, ബിന്ദു (bindu) is the noun for a drop.

Which verb means to drip?

ഇറ്റിക്കുക (ittikkuka) and ഊറുക (ooruka) both describe liquid falling drop by drop.