Round in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “round”

• ഉരുണ്ട (urunda) — Round, spherical.
• ആപ്പിൾ (aappil) — Apple, the round red or green fruit of the apple tree.
• ആവര്‍ത്തനം (aavarthanam) — Repetition, moving round and round.
• ഉറുമാല്‍ (urumal) — Kerchief (for tying round the head), hand kerchief.
• ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു (ulppedunnu) — Includes, contains, has as a part; Malayalam turns it round and says X ulppedunnu, X is included in it.
• കറങ്ങുക (karanguka) — Rotate, be in trouble, turn round and round.
• കലം (kalam) — Pot. The round cooking pot of clay or metal.
• ചുഴി (chuzhi) — Whirlpool, round hairy spot, pivot, circle.
• ഡിസ്ക് (disku) — Disc, a thin flat round object such as a CD; also the disc between spinal bones.
• തട്ടം (thattam) — Platter or plate, veil (worn by Muslim women), long cloth tied round the waist, pond, lake.
• താലി (thaali) — The wedding string or chain tied by the bridegroom round the neck of the bride.
• തിരിഞ്ഞു (thirinju) — Turned, turned round, changed direction; past form of to turn.
• നഗരപ്രദക്ഷിണം (nagarapradakshinam) — Procession going round the city.
• പാത്രം (paathram) — Bowl; a round deep dish for food or liquid; Malayalam uses the general word for vessel.
• പൊത്തിപ്പിടി (pothippidi) — Covering with the palms, seizing person round his shoulders and arms (as in wrestling).
• ബാൻഡ് (baand) — Band, a group of musicians who play together; also a strip or ribbon tied round something.
• വളയുക (valayuka) — Bend, bow, turn round, besiege, surround; (fig.) yield.
• വിവര്‍ത്തനം (vivarthanam) — Revolution, going round, metamorphosis, translation, change.
• സൈക്കിൾ (saikkil) — Cycle, a bicycle; a repeating round of events is chakram or aavartthanam.

A round in a tournament, a round of drinks and going round a place each need their own words in Malayalam, and aavarthanam, the noun for repetition and moving round and round, is the nearest of the rest.