Manure in Malayalam
Any farmer in Kerala will say വളം (valam), and the word covers both farmyard manure and shop-bought fertiliser. It also turns up in the idiom of giving something the favourable conditions it needs to grow.
Most common translation
Manure, fertilizers; (idm.) favourable condition.
ചെടിക്ക് കുറച്ച് വളം ഇട്ടു.
chedikku kurachu valam ittu.
I put some manure for the plant.
All Malayalam words for “manure”
- വളം (valam) — Manure, fertilizers; (idm.) favourable condition.
- 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.
തോലിടുക (tholiduka) is a specialised verb about covering with leather or manuring with leaves and belongs to ritual and older agricultural usage, so വളം (valam) is the word you actually need.
Common questions
How do you say manure in Malayalam?
വളം (valam), which covers manure and fertiliser together.
Does valam mean chemical fertiliser too?
Yes. It is the umbrella word, and Malayalam marks the difference with an extra word in front rather than a separate noun.