Reserve in Malayalam
To reserve something, in the sense of setting it aside, is കരുതിവെക്കുക (karuthivekkuka) in Malayalam, literally to put it away with forethought. It is the verb for keeping rice back for the lean months or holding a share of a budget unspent.
Most common translation
Reserve, store.
മഴക്കാലത്തേക്ക് വിറക് കരുതിവെക്കുക വേണം.
mazhakkaalathekku viraku karuthivekkuka venam.
Firewood must be stored up for the rainy season.
All Malayalam words for “reserve”
- കരുതിവെക്കുക (karuthivekkuka) — Reserve, store.
- കരുതല് (karuthal) — Precaution, keeping in reserve, savings.
karuthal is the noun, a reserve kept in hand or a precaution taken; neither word covers reserving a seat or a room, where Kerala speakers use the English verb booking.
Common questions
How do you say reserve in Malayalam?
കരുതിവെക്കുക (karuthivekkuka) for setting something aside, and കരുതല് (karuthal) for the reserve itself.
Which word fits a cash reserve?
കരുതല് (karuthal), which the entry also glosses as savings.