Flat in Malayalam
Flatness in the sense of a broad level surface is പരപ്പന് (parappan), spread out and even. A flat nose or a low flat tone is പതിഞ്ഞ (pathinja). For a home in an apartment block, Kerala has borrowed the English word as ഫ്ലാറ്റ് (phlaattu).
Most common translation
Spread, broad, expansive, flat.
പരപ്പന് മൂക്കുള്ള പട്ടി ഓടി വന്നു.
parappan mookkulla patti odi vannu.
A flat-nosed dog came running.
All Malayalam words for “flat”
- പരപ്പന് (parappan) — Spread, broad, expansive, flat.
- പുല (pula) — Broad, flat, large.
- പതിഞ്ഞ (pathinja) — Slovenly, slow, fixed, flat (like nose).
- കിടക്കുക (kidakkuka) — Lay; the past form of lie, to have rested flat or reclined; in Malayalam the same verb covers lying down.
- ചരുവം (charuvam) — Flat bottomed metal vessel.
- ഡിസ്ക് (disku) — Disc, a thin flat round object such as a CD; also the disc between spinal bones.
- തട്ട് (thattu) — Shelf, a flat board fixed on a wall or inside a cupboard for keeping things, a tier.
- താമസക്കാർ (thaamasakkaar) — Residents; people who live in a place, inhabitants of a house, flat or locality.
- പന്തലിക്കുക (panthalikkuka) — Grow spreading on all sides, be flat (said of a roof not properly slopping).
- പ്ലേറ്റ് (plettu) — Plate. The flat dish food is served on; a traditional plate is thalika.
- ഫ്ലാറ്റ് (phlaattu) — Apartment. A flat; a set of rooms in a larger building used as a home.
- മകുടം (makudam) — Crown, tiara, diadem, flat summit, headgear.
- മേശ (mesha) — Table, a piece of furniture with a flat top on legs.
parappan and പുല (pula) describe a broad flat shape, pathinja a flattened or low one, and phlaattu is the dwelling, nothing to do with shape.
Common questions
How do you say flat in Malayalam?
Flat in shape is പരപ്പന് (parappan).
What is a flat or apartment called?
ഫ്ലാറ്റ് (phlaattu), a set of rooms used as a home.