Leg in Malayalam
കാല് (kaalu) is the leg, the limb you stand and walk on, and the same word serves for the leg of a table or a chair. The first vowel is long, kaa-lu. For the foot in particular, and in poetry for a line of verse, Malayalam turns to പാദം (padham).
Most common translation
Leg, the limb used for standing and walking, also the leg of a table or chair.
എന്റെ കാലിന് വേദനയുണ്ട്.
ente kaalinu vedanayundu.
My leg is in pain.
All Malayalam words for “leg”
- കാല് (kaalu) — Leg, the limb used for standing and walking, also the leg of a table or chair.
- പാദം (padham) — Foot, leg, one line of a verse, base (of a tree or mountain), footstep.
- പദം (padam) — A foot, step, foot-impression, leg, word, site, mark, ray, status, position, vigour, object, floor, a line of a stanza, a song.
- മുടന്തുക (mudanthuka) — Limp, be lame in the leg.
- മുട്ട് (muttu) — Knee, the joint in the middle of the leg.
കാല് (kaalu) is the everyday leg, while പാദം (padham) and പദം (padam) lean towards the foot and carry several literary meanings besides. മുട്ട് (muttu) is the knee and മുടന്തുക (mudanthuka) is to limp or be lame in the leg.
Common questions
How do you say leg in Malayalam?
കാല് (kaalu) is the leg.
What is the knee called?
മുട്ട് (muttu), the joint in the middle of the leg.