Palm in Malayalam
Each kind of palm carries its own name in Malayalam rather than one general word. അടയ്ക്കാമരം (adaykkamaram) is the areca palm, എണ്ണപ്പന (ennappana) the red oil palm, and the palm of the hand is one of the senses of താലം (thaalam).
Most common translation
Areca, palm, areca catechu.
പറമ്പിൽ നാല് അടയ്ക്കാമരം നട്ടു.
parampil naal adaykkamaram nattu.
We planted four areca palms in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “palm”
- അടയ്ക്കാമരം (adaykkamaram) — Areca, palm, areca catechu.
- എണ്ണപ്പന (ennappana) — Red oil palm.
- ഏട് (eadu) — A page of a book, leaf of a book, palm leaf, petal.
- കതിരോല (kathirola) — Unbraided palm leaf.
- തള (thala) — Anklet, fetters, bondage, foot-rope with a noose for climbing up palm trees.
- താലം (thaalam) — Palmyra (fruit), plate, platter, beating time, bolt, palm of the hand.
- തേങ്ങ (thenga) — Coconut, the hard brown fruit of the coconut palm, grated or ground into most Kerala dishes.
- പട്ടോല (pattola) — Daily, journal, daily accounts, palm leaf used for writing, royal edict.
- പീലി (peeli) — Tail-feather of a peacock, eyelash, tender leaf- blade of a palm tree, mountain, gold, decorative fan made of peacock feathers used in state or temple processions.
- വല്ലം (vallam) — Basket made of braided palm leaves.
- ഹസ്തരേഖ (hastharega) — Streak on the palm, line on the palm.
thenga is the coconut borne by the coconut palm, eadu a leaf used for writing, pattola a written palm leaf, and thala the foot-rope used for climbing palm trees.
Common questions
How do you say palm in Malayalam?
Name the particular tree: അടയ്ക്കാമരം (adaykkamaram) is the areca palm and എണ്ണപ്പന (ennappana) the oil palm.
How do you say palm of the hand?
താലം (thaalam) carries that sense among others.