Glass in Malayalam
A drinking glass is ഗ്ലാസ് (glas), and the material glass goes by the same borrowed word. A glass bottle, or a bottle of any kind, is കുപ്പി (kuppi). Window glass is implied in ജനലുകൾ (janalukal), windows fitted with panes or shutters.
Most common translation
Glass. A drinking glass or tumbler; the material glass is also called glas.
ഒരു ഗ്ലാസ് വെള്ളം തരൂ.
oru glas vellam tharoo.
Give me a glass of water.
All Malayalam words for “glass”
- ഗ്ലാസ് (glas) — Glass. A drinking glass or tumbler; the material glass is also called glas.
- കുപ്പി (kuppi) — Glass, glass bottle.
- സ്ഫടികം (sfadikam) — Glass, crystal, sun-stone, camphor.
- പളുങ്ക് (palunk) — Crystal, glass.
- കണ്ണാടി (kannaadi) — Mirror, a looking glass, a glass surface that reflects.
- ജനലുകൾ (janalukal) — Windows; the openings in a wall fitted with glass or shutters.
The literary words differ in sense: സ്ഫടികം (sfadikam) and പളുങ്ക് (palunk) mean crystal, and കണ്ണാടി (kannaadi) is a mirror or looking glass.
Common questions
How do you say glass in Malayalam?
ഗ്ലാസ് (glas) for a tumbler and for the material.
What is a mirror called?
കണ്ണാടി (kannaadi).