Shawl in Malayalam
The dictionary's word for a shawl is ഉത്തരിയം (uthariyam), the cloth worn across the shoulders and upper body. അങ്കവസ്ത്രം (ankavasthram) names the same garment from the other direction, as the cloth that covers the upper half of the body.
Most common translation
The upper cloth, scapular, shawl.
അച്ഛൻ ഉത്തരിയം തോളിൽ ഇട്ടു.
achchan uthariyam tholil ittu.
Father put the upper cloth on his shoulder.
All Malayalam words for “shawl”
- ഉത്തരിയം (uthariyam) — The upper cloth, scapular, shawl.
- അങ്കവസ്ത്രം (ankavasthram) — Clothes (dress) covering the upper part of the body, upper cloth, shawl.
- പൊന്നാട (ponnada) — Cloth woven with golden thread, such cloth presented to a person as an honour, golden shawl.
Neither is the woollen shawl of north Indian winters; both describe the Kerala upper cloth. പൊന്നാട (ponnada) is narrower still, the gold threaded shawl given to honour somebody.
Common questions
How do you say shawl in Malayalam?
Use ഉത്തരിയം (uthariyam) for the cloth worn over the shoulders.
What is the shawl given at felicitations called?
പൊന്നാട (ponnada), the cloth woven with gold thread and presented as an honour.