Rocket in Malayalam
A rocket is റോക്കറ്റ് (rokkat), the English word in Malayalam script, and it is what Kerala uses for a space launch and for a military missile alike. Science reporting in Malayalam has never found a native substitute.
Most common translation
Rocket.
കുട്ടി കടലാസുകൊണ്ട് ചെറിയ ഒരു റോക്കറ്റ് ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
kutti kadalaasukondu cheriya oru rokkat undaakki.
The child made a small rocket out of paper.
All Malayalam words for “rocket”
- റോക്കറ്റ് (rokkat) — Rocket.
- ബാണം (banam) — Arrow, fire works, rocket.
- വാണം (vaanam) — Arrow, a kind of firework, rocket.
vaanam is the festival firework rocket sent up at temple celebrations and banam is primarily an arrow, so neither belongs in a news report about a launch.
Common questions
How do you say rocket in Malayalam?
Say റോക്കറ്റ് (rokkat).
What is a firework rocket called?
വാണം (vaanam), the word for the rockets fired at temple festivals.