Leaves in Malayalam
Leaves is ഇലകൾ (ilakal) in Malayalam, the plural of the word for a leaf. It is used of tree and plant leaves alike, including the banana leaf meals are served on. The singular is ila.
Most common translation
Leaves, the leaves of a plant or tree; the singular is ila.
മാവിന്റെ ഇലകൾ കൊഴിഞ്ഞു.
maavinte ilakal kozhinju.
The leaves of the mango tree fell.
All Malayalam words for “leaves”
- ഇലകൾ (ilakal) — Leaves, the leaves of a plant or tree; the singular is ila.
- ചായ (chaya) — Tea; the hot drink made with tea leaves, milk and sugar.
- താളി (thali) — Shampoo prepared from certain leaves, the large palmyra (or its leaf).
- തോലിടുക (tholiduka) — Cover with leather, manure with leaves, wear a satrap of leather (of antelope) by Brahmin boys at the time of wearing the sacred thread.
- മെടയുക (medayuka) — Plait, braid, weave, leaves of coconut, palmyra, etc.
- വല്ലം (vallam) — Basket made of braided palm leaves.
- ഹരിതകം (harithakam) — Chlorophyll, chlorine, green colour of leaves, lion.
ilakal is the plain plural; the other entries attach to particular leaves, such as chaya for tea and medayuka for plaiting palm leaves.
Common questions
How do you say leaves in Malayalam?
Say ഇലകൾ (ilakal).
How do you say tea leaves?
ചായ (chaya) is the word for tea, the drink made from tea leaves.