Sack in Malayalam
A sack is ചാക്ക് (chaak), the jute or gunny sack used for rice, cement and copra. It is a borrowing from the English, and it is what a shopkeeper will say.
Most common translation
Sack, gunny bag.
അരി ഒരു ചാക്ക് വാങ്ങി.
ari oru chaakku vaangi.
We bought a sack of rice.
All Malayalam words for “sack”
- ചാക്ക് (chaak) — Sack, gunny bag.
- ബാഗ് (baag) — Bag. A container with a handle for carrying things; sack.
- പൊക്കണം (pokkanam) — Ruck sack, bag, bundle, begging alms.
baag is a bag with a handle and pokkanam a bundle or rucksack; sack in the sense of being dismissed from a job is not covered by any of these.
Common questions
How do you say sack in Malayalam?
ചാക്ക് (chaak), the gunny sack.
Can the word mean to sack someone?
No. It is only the container; dismissal from a job is expressed with quite different words.