Eaves in Malayalam
The eaves of a house are its ഇറ (ira), two very short syllables. It names the overhanging edge of the roof that throws rainwater clear of the walls, which matters a great deal in a monsoon climate.
Most common translation
Eaves of a house, tax.
മഴയത്ത് ഞങ്ങൾ ഇറയുടെ കീഴിൽ നിന്നു.
mazhayathu njangal irayude keezhil ninnu.
In the rain we stood under the eaves.
Dictionary entry
- ഇറ (ira) — Eaves of a house, tax.
ഇറ (ira) is used for the eaves of a roof and in older usage also for a tax or levy, a sense you will meet only in historical texts.
Common questions
How do you say eaves in Malayalam?
ഇറ (ira) is the word for the eaves of a house.
Why does the word also mean tax?
It is an older unrelated sense preserved in the dictionary, found in old land records rather than in anything you would say today.