Soil in Malayalam
Soil is മണ്ണ് (mannu), the plain word for earth and also for a paddy field, which tells you how closely soil and farming sit in Malayalam. It is the word on a bag of potting mix and in talk about land. Two syllables with a doubled nasal.
Most common translation
Soil, earth, paddy field.
ഈ മണ്ണിൽ നല്ല വിളവുണ്ട്.
ee mannil nalla vilavundu.
This soil gives a good yield.
All Malayalam words for “soil”
- മണ്ണ് (mannu) — Soil, earth, paddy field.
- മുഷിക്കുക (mushikkuka) — Soil, make dirty, cause ill-will, vex, trouble.
- മലിനമാക്കുക (malinamaakkuka) — Make dirty, soil, pollute, contaminate.
- കുഴിക്കുക (kuzhikkuka) — To dig, to excavate, to make a hole by turning over soil.
- ഗോപീചന്ദനം (gopeechandanam) — A kind of soil or ochre used for making caste mark on the forehead.
- ചതുപ്പ് (chathupp) — Bog, swamp, marsh, damp ground or soil.
- ചെമ്മണ്ണ് (chemmannu) — Red sand or soil.
- പുറ്റ് (putt) — Soil heaped by white ants etc., dry pass, holes where sucker, rats, ants, etc. live.
- മണ്ണൊലിപ്പ് (mannolipp) — Soil erosion.
- വേര് (veru) — Root. The root of a tree or plant that holds it in the soil.
മുഷിക്കുക (mushikkuka) and മലിനമാക്കുക (malinamaakkuka) are the verbs to soil or make dirty, an entirely different English word, and the remaining entries only mention soil inside their definitions.
Common questions
How do you say soil in Malayalam?
മണ്ണ് (mannu), the earth or soil itself.
How do I say to soil something?
That is മലിനമാക്കുക (malinamaakkuka) or മുഷിക്കുക (mushikkuka), both meaning to make something dirty.