Eyelash in Malayalam
An eyelash is a കണ്പീലി (kanpeeli), a compound of the words for eye and feather, which is a neat image for what a lash looks like. It is the plain everyday word, used in the singular or with a plural ending as needed.
Most common translation
Eyelash.
ഒരു കണ്പീലി കണ്ണിൽ വീണു.
oru kanpeeli kannil veenu.
An eyelash fell into the eye.
All Malayalam words for “eyelash”
- കണ്പീലി (kanpeeli) — Eyelash.
- പീലി (peeli) — Tail-feather of a peacock, eyelash, tender leaf- blade of a palm tree, mountain, gold, decorative fan made of peacock feathers used in state or temple processions.
കണ്പീലി (kanpeeli) is specifically an eyelash, while പീലി (peeli) on its own is best known as a peacock tail feather and only means eyelash by extension.
Common questions
How do you say eyelash in Malayalam?
കണ്പീലി (kanpeeli) is the word for an eyelash.
What does the shorter word mean on its own?
പീലി (peeli) mainly means a peacock feather, including the decorative fans carried in temple processions.