Gas in Malayalam
Gas, the state of matter, is വാതകം (vaathakam) in Malayalam. Science textbooks use it for any gas or vapour, and it appears in compounds for particular gases. Cooking gas, by contrast, is usually called by its English name.
Most common translation
Gas, vapour, copper.
അടുക്കളയിൽ വാതകം തീർന്നു.
adukkalayil vaathakam theernnu.
The cooking gas ran out in the kitchen.
All Malayalam words for “gas”
- വാതകം (vaathakam) — Gas, vapour, copper.
- അംഗാരവായു (amgaravayu) — Carbonic acid gas.carbon dioxide.
vaathakam is the general word for gas or vapour, while amgaravayu is a compound naming carbon dioxide in particular.
Common questions
How do you say gas in Malayalam?
Say വാതകം (vaathakam).
How do you say carbon dioxide?
അംഗാരവായു (amgaravayu) is the term for carbonic acid gas, that is, carbon dioxide.