Rope in Malayalam
Rope is കയര് (kayar), the word for coir rope, and it is the Malayalam original behind the English word coir. Kerala's whole coir industry is named from it, so the word carries a good deal of local history.
Most common translation
Coir, rope.
പശുവിനെ കെട്ടാൻ അച്ഛൻ കയര് എടുത്തു.
pashuvine kettaan achan kayar eduthu.
Father took a rope to tie the cow.
All Malayalam words for “rope”
- കയര് (kayar) — Coir, rope.
- കാലപാശം (kalapasham) — The rope with which Yama (Death) ensnares his victims, extreme calamity, fatal danger.
- കൊലക്കയര് (kolakkayar) — Rope for hanging, halter.
- നിര്യാണം (nirayanam) — Death, salvation, rope for fastening cattle, iron.
- പിരിക്കുക (pirikkuka) — Separate, server, tighten, twist the strands to make rope, remove burning firewood and extinguish fire, collect.
- വടം (vadam) — Banyan tree, strong, thick rope.
vadam is a thick heavy rope, the kind used in a tug of war, kolakkayar is the hangman's rope and kalapasham the mythological noose of Death, while pirikkuka is the verb for twisting strands into rope.
Common questions
How do you say rope in Malayalam?
Say കയര് (kayar).
Which word fits a thick rope?
വടം (vadam), used for a strong heavy rope.