Pepper in Malayalam
Black pepper, the spice Kerala has traded for two thousand years, is കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku). The first part names the small round berry and the second is the general word for pepper and chilli. Say ku-ru-mu-la-ku.
Most common translation
Pepper. Black pepper, the spice grown widely in Kerala.
കറിയിൽ കുരുമുളക് ഇട്ടു.
kariyil kurumulaku ittu.
Put pepper in the curry.
All Malayalam words for “pepper”
- കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku) — Pepper. Black pepper, the spice grown widely in Kerala.
- നല്ലമുളക് (nallamulaku) — Pepper.
- മുളക് (mulak) — Pepper (plant), chilli (plant).
- അഷ്ടചൂര്ണ്ണം (ashta choornnam) — Powdered mixture of eight ingredients such as dried ginger, pepper, rock salt, etc.
- തിപ്പലി (thippali) — Long pepper.
- പിപ്പലി (pippali) — Long pepper (available at shops selling Ayurvedic herbs).
മുളക് (mulak) on its own covers the chilli plant as much as pepper, so the compound is what keeps the meaning clear; തിപ്പലി (thippali) is long pepper, a different spice altogether.
Common questions
How do you say pepper in Malayalam?
Black pepper is കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku).
Is pepper the same word as chilli?
They share a root: mulak serves for both plants, and black pepper is marked off as കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku).