Fire-place in Malayalam

A fire-place in the kitchen sense is അടുപ്പ് (aduppu), said a-dup-pu. The word covers the traditional hearth, the stove and the oven, so a gas stove is named by it as readily as a wood fire. Every household uses the term.

Most common translation

അടുപ്പ് (aduppu)

Fire-place, fire-hearth, fireside, fire-grate, stove, oven.

അടുപ്പിൽ തീ കത്തുന്നു.

aduppil thee kathunnu.

Fire is burning in the stove.

All Malayalam words for “fire-place”

അടുപ്പ് (aduppu) is the hearth or stove itself, while ജാതി (jaathi) only brushes the sense of hearth among many other meanings such as caste and the nutmeg tree.

Common questions

How do you say fire-place in Malayalam?

Say അടുപ്പ് (aduppu).

Does it mean a stove too?

Yes, stoves and ovens are called by the same word.