Pillow in Malayalam
A pillow is തലയണ (thalayana), literally the thing for the head. Say tha-la-ya-na. It is the plain household word, with no formal alternative in daily use.
Most common translation
Pillow.
പുതിയ തലയണ മെത്തയിൽ വെച്ചു.
puthiya thalayana methayil vechu
I put the new pillow on the mattress.
All Malayalam words for “pillow”
- തലയണ (thalayana) — Pillow.
- അണ (ana) — Part of the jaw where the molars grow, a coin in india (during the British rule), dam, pillow, obstruction.
അണ (ana) carries pillow among a long list of unrelated senses, from a dam to an old coin, and nobody would use it for the thing on a bed.
Common questions
How do you say pillow in Malayalam?
Pillow is തലയണ (thalayana).
How do you say pillow cover?
Put തലയണ (thalayana) in the possessive and follow it with the word for a cover.