Scissors in Malayalam
Scissors is കത്രിക (kathrika), a single word that does not come in a pair the way the English does. Tailors, barbers and schoolchildren all use it.
Most common translation
Scissors.
കത്രിക കൊണ്ട് കടലാസ് മുറിച്ചു.
kathrika kondu kadalaasu murichu.
The paper was cut with scissors.
All Malayalam words for “scissors”
- കത്രിക (kathrika) — Scissors.
- കത്തിരി (kathiri) — The vegetable brinjal, scissors.
kathiri is a variant that also names the brinjal, so in a vegetable shop it will be understood the other way.
Common questions
How do you say scissors in Malayalam?
കത്രിക (kathrika).
Is the word singular or plural?
Singular. Malayalam treats a pair of scissors as one thing.