Pump in Malayalam

പമ്പ് (pumbu) is pump, the English word in Malayalam letters, used for a water pump, a cycle pump and a petrol pump alike. Nobody reaches for a native word in daily speech.

Most common translation

പമ്പ് (pumbu)

Pump.

പാടത്തെ പമ്പ് ഇന്ന് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നില്ല.

paadatthe pumbu innu pravartthikkunnilla.

The pump in the field is not working today.

Dictionary entry

The entry is the noun. To pump something is said with this word plus the verb for doing or operating, since there is no separate verb here.

Common questions

How do you say pump in Malayalam?

പമ്പ് (pumbu).

How do you say petrol pump?

The English petrol before പമ്പ് (pumbu), which is exactly how it is said at the roadside.