Razor in Malayalam
Malayalam does not keep a separate everyday word for a razor: കത്തി (kathi) is the knife, and the same word stretches to a razor or blade. Two short beats with a dental th. The word also names a fierce Kathakali character type and, in idiom, a chatterbox.
Knife, razor, a demoniac character in Kathakali, (idm) a chatterbox who'kills' others by his incessant talking.
കത്തി കൊണ്ട് പഴം മുറിച്ചു.
kathi kondu pazham murichu.
Cut the fruit with a knife.
All Malayalam words for “razor”
- കത്തി (kathi) — Knife, razor, a demoniac character in Kathakali, (idm) a chatterbox who'kills' others by his incessant talking.
- മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha) — Sharp edge of a (razor, knife, sword, etc.), sharpness, cutting edge.
Barbers and shops mostly use the English blade and razor as loan words, so kathi on its own will usually be heard as knife; മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha) is not the razor but its sharp edge.
Common questions
How do you say razor in Malayalam?
കത്തി (kathi) covers knife and razor alike; in a shop people use the English word.
What is മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha)?
The sharpness or cutting edge of a blade, the quality rather than the tool.