Sewing in Malayalam

തയ്യല്‍ (thayyal) is sewing and tailoring, the noun on tailors' shop boards across Kerala. It covers the trade as well as the act of stitching.

Most common translation

തയ്യല്‍ (thayyal)

Sewing, stitching, tailoring.

അമ്മ വീട്ടിൽ തയ്യല്‍ ജോലി ചെയ്യുന്നു.

amma veettil thayyal joli cheyyunnu.

Mother does tailoring work at home.

All Malayalam words for “sewing”

thunnal is stitching in the narrower sense of the stitches themselves, and thayyalyanthram is the sewing machine.

Common questions

How do you say sewing in Malayalam?

തയ്യല്‍ (thayyal).

How do you say sewing machine?

തയ്യല്‍യന്ത്രം (thayyalyanthram).