Gem in Malayalam
Gem is covered by കല്ല് (kallu), a wide word that takes in a stone, a rock and a precious gem set in jewellery. Context does the work: a gem in a ring and a stone on the road share the term. The double l is held slightly longer than in English.
Most common translation
Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
വഴിയിൽ ഒരു വലിയ കല്ല് ഉണ്ട്.
vazhiyil oru valiya kallu undu.
There is a big stone on the path.
All Malayalam words for “gem”
- കല്ല് (kallu) — Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
- നീലോപലം (neelopalam) — Blue gem, sapphire.
- പുളകം (pulakam) — Horripilation, thrill, rapturous shuddering, a precious gem, the cut surface of a gem.
നീലോപലം (neelopalam) names one particular stone, the blue gem or sapphire, and പുളകം (pulakam) mainly means a thrill, with gem only as a secondary sense.
Common questions
How do you say gem in Malayalam?
Use കല്ല് (kallu), which covers stones and gems alike.
What is a sapphire called?
A blue gem or sapphire is നീലോപലം (neelopalam).