Rock in Malayalam
കല്ല് (kallu) is the everyday word for a stone and for rock as a material, the thing a quarry cuts and a boy throws. It also serves for a gem set in a ring, which the context always makes clear.
Most common translation
Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
വഴിയിൽ ഒരു വലിയ കല്ല് ഉണ്ട്.
vazhiyil oru valiya kallu undu.
There is a big stone on the path.
All Malayalam words for “rock”
- കല്ല് (kallu) — Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
- പാഷാണം (paashaanam) — Arsenic (a poison), rock, stone, a dangerous person.
- അക്ഷാരലവണം (aksharalavanam) — Natural salt, rock salt, food item without artificial salt.
- അഷ്ടചൂര്ണ്ണം (ashta choornnam) — Powdered mixture of eight ingredients such as dried ginger, pepper, rock salt, etc.
- കല്ലുപ്പ് (kalluppu) — Rock(mineral) salt.
paashaanam is a Sanskrit word covering rock and also arsenic, so it is not safe for ordinary use; kalluppu is rock salt, and aksharalavanam and ashta choornnam appear here only because their definitions mention it.
Common questions
How do you say rock in Malayalam?
Say കല്ല് (kallu).
What is rock salt called?
കല്ലുപ്പ് (kalluppu), the word for stone joined to the word for salt.