Smoking in Malayalam
Smoking tobacco is പുകവലി (pukavali), a compound of the words for smoke and drawing in. It is the word on no-smoking boards and in health campaigns across Kerala. Four syllables, stress on the first.
Most common translation
Smoking tobacco, etc.
ആശുപത്രിയിൽ പുകവലി നിരോധിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.
aashupathriyil pukavali nirodhichittundu.
Smoking is banned in the hospital.
Dictionary entry
- പുകവലി (pukavali) — Smoking tobacco, etc.
The word is specific to smoking tobacco and the like; smoke rising from a fire is named with the plain noun for smoke, not with this compound.
Common questions
How do you say smoking in Malayalam?
പുകവലി (pukavali), the habit of smoking tobacco.
How is no smoking written in Kerala?
With പുകവലി (pukavali) followed by the word for prohibited, which is the standard wording on public signs.