Powder in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “powder”:
- ഉതിരുക (uthiruka) — Fall or drop off, be shed in the form of powder, be scattered.
- കരിമരുന്ന് (karimarunnu) — Gun powder.
- പൊടി (podi) — Small grain, powder, dust, snuff.
- 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.