Planting in Malayalam
For planting, Malayalam uses നടിച്ചില് (nadichil), the noun that covers putting a seedling into the ground and moving it from the nursery bed. It belongs to farm and garden talk, which in Kerala means paddy, pepper vines and rubber saplings.
Most common translation
Planting (a seedling etc). transplantation.
നെല്ലിന്റെ നടിച്ചില് ഇന്ന് തുടങ്ങി
nellinte nadichil innu thudangi
The planting of the paddy began today.
All Malayalam words for “planting”
- നടിച്ചില് (nadichil) — Planting (a seedling etc). transplantation.
- വെപ്പ് (vepp) — Placing, construction, building, installing, planting, kitchen work, cooking.
vepp is a far broader word for placing or setting something up, so it reads as installation rather than planting and suits construction and household contexts.
Common questions
How do you say planting in Malayalam?
നടിച്ചില് (nadichil), used for planting or transplanting a seedling.
Does the same word cover transplanting?
Yes, നടിച്ചില് (nadichil) covers both planting out and shifting a seedling to a new spot.