Lot in Malayalam
A lot of something is ഒരുപാട് (orupad) in everyday Malayalam, heard constantly in speech about work, people and money. It is built on the word for one and sounds like o-ru-pad with a soft final d.
Most common translation
Much, many, a lot of.
ഇന്ന് ഒരുപാട് പണി ഉണ്ട്.
innu orupaadu pani undu.
There is lots of work today.
All Malayalam words for “lot”
- ഒരുപാട് (orupad) — Much, many, a lot of.
- ചിട്ടിക്കുറി (chittikkuri) — A lot or share, a subscription lottery.
- പണക്കാരൻ (panakkaran) — Rich, wealthy; a person who has a lot of money.
- പണപ്പെട്ടി (panapetti) — Money - box, a safe, (idm.) one who has amassed a lot of money.
- ഭാരമുള്ള (bharamulla) — Heavy; weighing a lot, hard to lift.
- വില കൂടിയ (vila koodiya) — Expensive, costly; costing a lot of money.
- വിലകൂടിയ (vilakoodiya) — Expensive; costing a lot of money, dear, high in price.
- ശേഖരം (shegaram) — Crest jewel, crown, branch, best of the lot, tuft of hair, collection, heap, what is gathered or collected.
orupad is the quantity sense of lot. The other entries take the English word elsewhere, as with ചിട്ടിക്കുറി (chittikkuri), a lot or share in a chit fund, and ശേഖരം (shegaram), a collection or the best of the lot.
Common questions
How do you say a lot in Malayalam?
ഒരുപാട് (orupad) covers both a lot of and many.
Does orupad work with countable and uncountable things?
Yes, it suits both, so it fits a lot of money and a lot of people equally well.