Leaf in Malayalam
A leaf is എല (ela), two short syllables and nothing more to it. It is the plain noun for the leaf of any plant or tree.
Most common translation
Leaf.
വാഴയുടെ എല നല്ല വലുതാണ്.
vaazhayude ela nalla valuthaan.
The banana plant's leaf is quite big.
All Malayalam words for “leaf”
- എല (ela) — Leaf.
- പത്രം (pathram) — Leaf, wing, feather, news paper, article, line, sheet, document, line made with sandalwood paste.
- ബര്ഹം (barham) — Peacock's feather, feather, leaf, bud.
- ഇതള് (ithal) — Petal, flower leaf.
- ഇല (ila) — Leaf. The leaf of a plant or tree; also a banana leaf used as a plate.
- ഏട് (eadu) — A page of a book, leaf of a book, palm leaf, petal.
- കതക് (kathak) — Leaf of a door, a door, shutter.
- കതിരോല (kathirola) — Unbraided palm leaf.
- കരിയില (kariyila) — Dry leaf.
- കറിവേപ്പില (kariveppila) — Leaf of the curry-leaf tree.
- താളി (thali) — Shampoo prepared from certain leaves, the large palmyra (or its leaf).
- തിരളി (thirali) — A kind of sweet cake made from flour, jaggery, etc. covered in an aromatic leaf and baked in steam.
- പച്ചില (pachila) — Green leaf, a medicinal drug (Folia Malabathy).
- പട്ടോല (pattola) — Daily, journal, daily accounts, palm leaf used for writing, royal edict.
- പീലി (peeli) — Tail-feather of a peacock, eyelash, tender leaf- blade of a palm tree, mountain, gold, decorative fan made of peacock feathers used in state or temple processions.
- പുളിയില (puliyila) — Leaf of the tamarind tree.
- പേജ് (pej) — Page, one side of a leaf in a book or notebook.
ഏട് is the leaf of a book, that is a page, and so is the borrowed പേജ്; ഇതള് is a petal; കരിയില is a dry fallen leaf; and കറിവേപ്പില is the curry leaf.
Common questions
How do you say leaf in Malayalam?
എല (ela), a leaf.
How do you say dry leaf and curry leaf?
കരിയില (kariyila) is a dry leaf and കറിവേപ്പില (kariveppila) the leaf of the curry-leaf tree.