Roof in Malayalam
A roof is മേൽക്കൂര (melkkoora), the covering on top of a house, and it is the word in building estimates and rain damage reports alike. Its first element means above, which puts the meaning on the surface.
Most common translation
Roof, the covering on top of a house or building.
മേൽക്കൂരയിൽ ഓട് പാകി.
melkkoorayil odu paaki.
Tiles were laid on the roof.
All Malayalam words for “roof”
- മേൽക്കൂര (melkkoora) — Roof, the covering on top of a house or building.
- മുകള് (mukal) — Top, roof, ridge, summit.
- കെട്ടിടങ്ങൾ (kettidangal) — Buildings; structures with walls and a roof such as houses, shops and offices.
- പന്തലിക്കുക (panthalikkuka) — Grow spreading on all sides, be flat (said of a roof not properly slopping).
- മേച്ചില് (mechil) — Thatching roof, grazing cattle.
- മേയല് (meyal) — Thatching or tiling (the roof).
- മേയുക (meyuka) — Thatch the roof, graze in the field by cattle.
mukal is the top of anything and can stand in for a roof in speech, while mechil and meyal are the work of thatching or tiling one.
Common questions
How do you say roof in Malayalam?
Say മേൽക്കൂര (melkkoora).
What is thatching a roof called?
മേച്ചില് (mechil) or മേയല് (meyal), the nouns for thatching and tiling work.