Silk in Malayalam
There is no entry here for silk the cloth. പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool) is silk thread, the fibre the silkworm makes, and it is the closest of the three.
Most common translation
Silk thread, fine thread, the fibre made by the silk worm.
ഈ സാരി പട്ടുനൂല് കൊണ്ട് നെയ്തതാണ്.
ee saari pattunool kondu neythathaanu.
This sari is woven from silk thread.
All Malayalam words for “silk”
- പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool) — Silk thread, fine thread, the fibre made by the silk worm.
- ഉന്നം (unnam) — Aim, target; silk cotton.
- ഉന്നമുരിക്ക് (unnamurikk) — Silk cotton tree.
ഉന്നം (unnam) is mainly aim or target and reaches silk only in the compound for silk cotton, while ഉന്നമുരിക്ക് (unnamurikk) is the silk cotton tree, which has nothing to do with real silk.
Common questions
How do you say silk in Malayalam?
പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool) is silk thread. The word for silk cloth itself is not in this entry.
What is silk cotton?
A quite different fibre, named by ഉന്നമുരിക്ക് (unnamurikk), the tree it comes from.