Girdle in Malayalam

A girdle or waist belt is അരപ്പട്ട (arappatta). Belts of cloth and of leather both go by the name. Ceremonial dress and uniforms are where the word is most often met.

Most common translation

അരപ്പട്ട (arappatta)

Waist-belt, girdle.

അവൻ ഇന്ന് പുതിയ അരപ്പട്ട കെട്ടി.

avan innu puthiya arappatta ketti

He fastened a new waist belt today.

All Malayalam words for “girdle”

മടി (madi) touches the girdle only in passing: it chiefly means laziness or the lap, including the fold of cloth hanging from the waist.

Common questions

How do you say girdle in Malayalam?

അരപ്പട്ട (arappatta), a waist belt.

Which word means the lap?

മടി (madi).