Metal in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “metal”

• ലോഹം (loham) — Metal, a hard shiny material such as iron, copper or gold.
• ആണി (aani) — Nail (usu. of metal).
• ഇരുമ്പ് (irumbu) — The metal iron.
• ഉരുപ്പടി (uruppadi) — Ornament, utensils(made of bell metal) or pieces of furniture, movable property.
• കമ്പി (kambi) — Rod, a long thin bar of metal, an iron rod or wire.
• കലം (kalam) — Pot. The round cooking pot of clay or metal.
• കൊത്തുക (kothuka) — Peck, bite, cut, play with pebbles, drink (toddy), engrave (on stone, metal things etc.)carve.
• ചരുവം (charuvam) — Flat bottomed metal vessel.
• ചെമ്പ് (chembu) — Copper, the reddish brown metal used for vessels and wires.
• തളിക (thalika) — Platter, shallow plate made of metal.
• താക്കോൽ (thaakkol) — Key, the small metal piece that opens a lock.
• പാളം (palam) — A bar of metal, rail, strip of cloth.
• പൊടിയിടുക (podiyiduka) — Hide the truth, blind a person, solder metal.
• മുക്കുക (mukkuka) — Dip in water, immerse, plunge, plate a metal object with gold, baptize.
• റേഡിയം (rediyam) — A radio-active metal radium.
• വളയം (valayam) — Metal ring.
• വെള്ളി (velli) — Silver; the white precious metal used for ornaments and coins, the shiny grey colour of it; the same word also means Friday.

loham is the category word, useful in science class and in a hardware shop alike, while the others are particular metals or metal objects, such as വെള്ളി (velli) for silver, ആണി (aani) for a nail and കമ്പി (kambi) for a rod.