Gun in Malayalam
A gun is തോക്ക് (thokku) in Malayalam, covering rifles and pistols together. Police reports and film dialogue alike use it. The firing of a gun, a shot, is വെടി (vedi), and gunpowder is കരിമരുന്ന് (karimarunnu).
Most common translation
Gun, a firearm, a weapon that shoots bullets.
പോലീസുകാരന്റെ കൈയിൽ തോക്ക് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
poleesukaarante kaiyil thokku undaayirunnu.
The policeman had a gun in his hand.
All Malayalam words for “gun”
- തോക്ക് (thokku) — Gun, a firearm, a weapon that shoots bullets.
- കരിമരുന്ന് (karimarunnu) — Gun powder.
- തുപ്പാക്കി (thuppakki) — A kind of large gun.
- പിരിച്ചുവിട്ട (pirichuvitta) — Fired; dismissed from a job, sent away from work; a gun being fired is a separate sense.
- വെടി (vedi) — Shot, the firing of a gun, a gunshot; a kick or attempt in a game is called shottu.
- വെടികൾ (vedikal) — Shots; firings of a gun or cracker; in other contexts the word changes, as photographs or attempts at goal.
thokku is the weapon, vedi the shot it fires, and തുപ്പാക്കി (thuppakki) a large gun of the older kind.
Common questions
How do you say gun in Malayalam?
Say തോക്ക് (thokku) for a gun or firearm.
How do you say gunshot?
വെടി (vedi) for one shot and വെടികൾ (vedikal) for several.