Filling in Malayalam

Filling is പൂരണം (pooranam) in Malayalam, a noun meaning the act of filling or completing something. It shows up in formal contexts such as filling in a form or making up a shortfall, and it is also the word used for the filled portion in arithmetic and grammar exercises.

Most common translation

പൂരണം (pooranam)

Filling, completing.

കുഴിയുടെ പൂരണം ഇന്ന് പൂർത്തിയായി.

kuzhiyude pooranam innu poorththiyaayi

The filling of the pit was finished today.

All Malayalam words for “filling”

പൂരണം is the usable noun. പൂരണ and പൂരക are stem forms that appear inside compounds, where പൂരക describes something that fills or complements, as in a complementary part.

Common questions

How do you say filling in Malayalam?

The noun is പൂരണം (pooranam), filling or completing.

Is pooraka a different word?

It is the adjectival form from the same root, used for something that fills out or complements another thing, so it modifies a noun rather than standing alone.