Ship in Malayalam
A ship is കപ്പൽ (kappal), the large vessel carrying people and goods over the sea, and the word is old and thoroughly at home in Malayalam. Harbour talk and film dialogue both use it without any English prop.
Most common translation
Ship, a large vessel that carries people or goods over the sea.
കപ്പൽ തുറമുഖത്ത് നിന്നു.
kappal thuramukhathu ninnu.
The ship stood at the harbour.
All Malayalam words for “ship”
- കപ്പൽ (kappal) — Ship, a large vessel that carries people or goods over the sea.
- അമരം (amaram) — Stern of a boat or ship.
- കപ്പിത്താന് (kappithan) — Captain (of a ship), leader.
- ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ (kyaaptan) — Captain, the leader of a team, the master of a ship or an army officer.
- നക (naka) — Owner, laughter, light, ridicule, captain of a ship, ornament, jewel.
- സംഘം (sangham) — Crew; the group of people working together on a ship, plane or film, a working team; squad. A small organized group of people, such as a sports team or a police unit.
The rest of the list hangs off ships rather than naming them: amaram is the stern, kappithan and kyaaptan are the captain, and sangham is the crew.
Common questions
How do you say ship in Malayalam?
Use കപ്പൽ (kappal).
What do you call a ship's captain?
കപ്പിത്താന് (kappithan) is the older word; ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ (kyaaptan) is the borrowed one in common use.