Lantern in Malayalam
A lantern is പാനീസ് (paanees) in Malayalam, the portable lamp carried outdoors. The same word takes in the hurricane lantern made to stand up to wind and rain.
Most common translation
A lantern, hurricane lantern.
കറന്റ് പോയപ്പോൾ അച്ഛൻ പാനീസ് കത്തിച്ചു.
karantu poyappol achan paanees kathichu.
When the power went off father lit the lantern.
Dictionary entry
- പാനീസ് (paanees) — A lantern, hurricane lantern.
Only one option is listed, and it covers an ordinary lantern as well as the glass-hooded hurricane kind.
Common questions
How do you say lantern in Malayalam?
It is പാനീസ് (paanees).
Does it include a hurricane lamp?
Yes, that is part of the same word.