Powder in Malayalam
പൊടി (podi) is powder, any fine dust, and in Kerala kitchens it names the ground spice mixes. The verb for powdering something is പൊടിക്കുക (podikkuka).
Most common translation
Small grain, powder, dust, snuff.
മേശയിൽ നിറയെ പൊടി ഉണ്ട്.
meshayil niraye podi undu.
The table is full of dust.
All Malayalam words for “powder”
- പൊടി (podi) — Small grain, powder, dust, snuff.
- ഉതിരുക (uthiruka) — Fall or drop off, be shed in the form of powder, be scattered.
- കരിമരുന്ന് (karimarunnu) — Gun powder.
- പൊടിക്കുക (podikkuka) — Pulverize, reduce to powder; (idm.) destroy, shatter.
- പൊടിയാക്കുക (podiyakkuka) — Pulverize, reduce to powder, destroy, undermine.
- പൊടിയുക (podiyuka) — Become powder, crumble, be destroyed.
- പൊടിയുപ്പ് (podiyuppu) — Salt in powder form.
- മഞ്ഞപ്പൊടി (manjappodi) — Powder of turmeric, yellow powder.
- സിന്ദൂരം (sindooram) — Vermilion, coloured powder, applied on the forehead by women in India esp. by married women, mineral preparation by calcination.
podiyakkuka is another verb for pulverizing, podiyuka is for something crumbling to powder of itself, and karimarunnu is gunpowder.
Common questions
How do you say powder in Malayalam?
പൊടി (podi).
How do you say to grind into powder?
പൊടിക്കുക (podikkuka) or പൊടിയാക്കുക (podiyakkuka).