Ink in Malayalam
Ink is മഷി (mashi) in Malayalam, the plain word for what goes into a pen or a printer. It is short and entirely ordinary, said ma-shi, with nothing formal about it.
Most common translation
Ink, collyrium.
പരീക്ഷയ്ക്കിടെ പേനയിലെ മഷി തീർന്നുപോയി.
pareekshaykkide penayile mashi theernnupoyi.
The ink in the pen ran out during the exam.
All Malayalam words for “ink”
- മഷി (mashi) — Ink, collyrium.
- അഞ്ജനം (anjanam) — Ink, cosmetic(applied on the eye), antimony, collyrium.
- പേന (pena) — Pen, a tool for writing with ink.
മഷി (mashi) is ordinary ink and also the black collyrium used on the eyes, while അഞ്ജനം (anjanam) is chiefly that eye cosmetic and only secondarily ink, so for a pen you want മഷി.
Common questions
How do you say ink in Malayalam?
മഷി (mashi) is the word for ink.
Why do both words also name a cosmetic?
Both refer to a black preparation, and the kohl applied to the eyes was close enough to writing ink to share a word.