Size in Malayalam
For size in the sense of how big something is, Malayalam offers മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp), which carries both magnitude and the idea of full growth. It turns up when people talk about the size of a fish, a crowd or a swelling. The doubled final consonant is clipped short, as the transliteration shows.
Size, magnitude, full growth, fullness.
ആ മാങ്ങയുടെ മുഴുപ്പ് കണ്ടോ!
aa mangayude muzhuppu kando!
Did you see the size of that mango!
All Malayalam words for “size”
- മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp) — Size, magnitude, full growth, fullness.
- വണ്ണം (vannam) — Stoutness, size, shape, manner.
- പെരുക്കം (perukkam) — Multiplication, increase, magnitude, size.
- ഏറ്റവും വലിയ (ettavum valiya) — Greatest, the biggest or best of all; Malayalam makes the superlative with ettavum, most; biggest, the largest of all, greatest in size or importance; largest; the biggest of all, greatest in size or amount.
- കുറഞ്ഞ (kuranja) — Reduced; made less or smaller in amount, price or size; lowered.
- കൂടുതൽ ചെറിയ (kooduthal cheriya) — Smaller; less big in size or amount than something else.
- കൂടുതൽ വലിയ (kooduthal valiya) — Greater, bigger or larger; Malayalam makes the comparative with kooduthal or with the ending -ilum; larger; bigger in size, amount or extent than something else.
- കൂടുതൽ വലുത് (kooduthal valuthu) — Bigger; larger in size than something else; Malayalam says kooduthal valuthu or compares with ekkaal valuthu.
- പീടിക (peedika) — Shop (of mediocre size and quality), market place, bazaar, grocery.
- മഹിമ (mahima) — Greatness, nobility, the ability to increase one's size as one likes.
- വളർന്നു (valarnnu) — Grown. Became bigger or older; increased in size, amount or maturity.
വണ്ണം (vannam) leans towards thickness and girth, and പെരുക്കം (perukkam) towards increase, so neither is a clean match; the comparative and superlative entries here belong with bigger and biggest.
Common questions
How do you say size in Malayalam?
മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp) for size or magnitude in general.
How do I ask about clothing size?
Shops in Kerala use the English word size as a loan; വണ്ണം (vannam) would be heard as a comment on how stout the garment or the wearer is.