Oil in Malayalam
Oil of any kind is എണ്ണ (enna) in Malayalam, from coconut oil in the kitchen to hair oil on the shelf. It covers cooking oil and greasy liquids generally. Several compounds in this entry are built on it.
Most common translation
Oil, cooking oil, any greasy liquid such as coconut oil.
അമ്മ ചട്ടിയിൽ എണ്ണ ഒഴിച്ചു.
amma chattiyil enna ozhichu.
Mother poured oil into the pan.
All Malayalam words for “oil”
- എണ്ണ (enna) — Oil, cooking oil, any greasy liquid such as coconut oil.
- സ്നേഹം (sneham) — Love, affection, heartiness, oil, fat.
- അത്തര് (athar) — Scented oil, perfume, attar.
- ഉപ്പേരി (upperi) — Chips of banana, tubers, etc. fried in oil.
- എണ്ണപ്പന (ennappana) — Red oil palm.
- കന്നാസ് (kannaas) — A kind of plastic vessel used for holding oil, arrack etc.
- പിരട്ടുക (pirattuka) — Cheat, play tricks on, deceive, rub or apply oil.
- പൊത്തുക (pothuka) — Hide, cover, close; anoint the head with oil, perform oblations to the manes, add faggots to make the fire burn.
- മുറുക്കുക (murukkuka) — Tighten, twist, make firm, chew (betel), prepare medicated oil.
- വിളക്ക് (vilakku) — Lamp, a light for a room, also the traditional oil lamp lit at dusk.
എണ്ണ is the oil itself, എണ്ണപ്പന the oil palm, അത്തര് scented oil or attar, വിളക്ക് the lamp it is burned in, and കന്നാസ് the plastic can it is stored in.
Common questions
How do you say oil in Malayalam?
Say എണ്ണ (enna).
What is an oil lamp called?
വിളക്ക് (vilakku), a lamp, including the traditional one lit at dusk.