Ladder in Malayalam
Everyday Malayalam for a ladder is കോണി (koni), which also covers the wooden staircase inside a house. You will hear it in hardware shops and on building sites.
Most common translation
Ladder, wooden stairs, bier.
ചുവരില് ചാരി കോണി വെച്ചു.
chuvaril chaari koni vechu.
The ladder was leaned against the wall.
All Malayalam words for “ladder”
- കോണി (koni) — Ladder, wooden stairs, bier.
- ഏണി (eni) — Ladder.
- കോവണി (kovani) — Wooden stairs, ladder.
- ആരോഹണം (aarohanam) — Ascent, horse-riding, rung of a ladder, shoot of a plant.
കോവണി (kovani) is a variant of the same word, ഏണി (eni) is the older literary form, and ആരോഹണം (aarohanam) is the act of climbing rather than the object climbed.
Common questions
How do you say ladder in Malayalam?
കോണി (koni) is the everyday word for a ladder.
Does koni mean stairs as well?
Yes, a wooden stair inside a house is also koni; the word does not separate the two sharply.