Root in Malayalam
The root of a plant is വേര് (veru), the part that holds it in the soil, and the word carries the figurative sense too, as in the root of a problem. It is short, native and in daily use.
Most common translation
Root. The root of a tree or plant that holds it in the soil.
മരത്തിന്റെ വേര് ആഴത്തിലാണ്.
marathinte veru azhathilanu.
The root of the tree is deep.
All Malayalam words for “root”
- വേര് (veru) — Root. The root of a tree or plant that holds it in the soil.
- ഇഞ്ചി (inchi) — Ginger. The fresh root used in curries and in tea; dried ginger is chukku.
- ജനകീയാസൂത്രണം (janakeeyaasoothranam) — Plan drawn up by the people, people's plan, planning from the grass root level.
- തെറി (theri) — (root) be scattered, shatter and fall around, break away, sputter, splash about.
- പിറ (pira) — (root) be born, give birth.
- പുത (putha) — (root)wrap over, cover the body with cloth.
- പുഴങ്ങുക (puzhanguka) — Get uprooted, be pulled up by the root.
- പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) — Nature, reality, shape, form, source, original character, divine power, woman, mother, root of a word (gram.).
inchi is ginger, listed here because it is a root used in cooking, puzhanguka is the verb for being pulled up by the roots, and theri, pira and putha are marked as roots in the grammarian's sense, bare verb stems.
Common questions
How do you say root in Malayalam?
Say വേര് (veru).
Does veru work for the root of a problem?
Yes. Malayalam uses the same word for the origin or base of a matter.