Plaited in Malayalam
പിന്ന (pinna) is not the English participle but a noun: plaited hair, a braid. Say pin-na. Oddly, the same form also means younger sister.
Most common translation
Plaited hair, younger sister.
അവളുടെ നീളമുള്ള പിന്ന എല്ലാവര്ക്കും ഇഷ്ടമായി.
avalude neelamulla pinna ellaavarkkum ishtamaayi.
Everyone liked her long braid.
Dictionary entry
- പിന്ന (pinna) — Plaited hair, younger sister.
To say that hair is plaited, Malayalam uses the verb of plaiting; pinna names the braid itself and cannot stand in front of another noun.
Common questions
How do you say plaited in Malayalam?
The entry gives പിന്ന (pinna), which is plaited hair as a noun; the participle needs the verb for plaiting.
Does pinna mean sister?
It can. The same form is listed for younger sister, and only context separates the two senses.