Quarry in Malayalam
A stone quarry is കല്ലുമട (kallumada), literally a stone pit, and it is the word used across Kerala for the granite quarries that feed the construction trade. The doubled ll is held and the d is retroflex. കപ്പണ (kappana) is a second, less common name for the same thing.
Most common translation
Quarry.
കല്ലുമടയിലെ പണി രാവിലെ തുടങ്ങി.
kallumadayile pani raavile thudangi.
Work at the quarry began in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “quarry”
- കല്ലുമട (kallumada) — Quarry.
- കപ്പണ (kappana) — Quarry.
Both entries mean the pit where stone is cut; neither covers quarry in the hunting sense of prey, which is a different word entirely.
Common questions
How do you say quarry in Malayalam?
കല്ലുമട (kallumada) is the usual word for a stone quarry.
Does it mean quarry as in hunted animal?
No. These words only mean the place where rock is extracted; the prey sense is unrelated in Malayalam.