Grain in Malayalam
Grain as a foodstuff is ധാന്യം (dhaanyam), taking in cereals and pulses together. Ration shops and agricultural reports use it. The dh is a single aspirated sound and the aa is long.
Most common translation
Grain, pulse.
കർഷകൻ ധാന്യം ചാക്കിൽ നിറച്ചു.
karshakan dhaanyam chaakkil nirachu
The farmer filled the sack with grain.
All Malayalam words for “grain”
- ധാന്യം (dhaanyam) — Grain, pulse.
- അരി (ari) — Rice. The uncooked grain; cooked rice is choru and the plant is nellu.
- ചെറുക (cheruka) — Scatter, winnow, separate chaff from the grain.
- ചോളം (cholam) — Corn, maize, the grain and the cob it grows on.
- പൂമ്പൊടി (poombodi) — Pollen grain.
- പൊടി (podi) — Small grain, powder, dust, snuff.
- മണല്ത്തരി (manalthari) — Grain of sand, granulated particle of sand, sand granules.
- റവ (rava) — Corn flour, very small particles of grain.
ധാന്യം (dhaanyam) is grain in general, അരി (ari) is uncooked rice, ചോളം (cholam) is maize, പൊടി (podi) a small grain or powder, and മണല്ത്തരി (manalthari) a grain of sand.
Common questions
How do you say grain in Malayalam?
ധാന്യം (dhaanyam), covering grain and pulses.
How do I say a grain of sand?
മണല്ത്തരി (manalthari), a single particle of sand.