Spoon in Malayalam
A spoon is കരണ്ടി (karandi), the word for the one you eat or stir with. It is thoroughly native and used in every Kerala kitchen, with the stress on the first syllable. Larger cooking ladles have their own name.
Most common translation
Spoon.
പായസം കോരാൻ അമ്മ കരണ്ടി എടുത്തു.
paayasam koraan amma karandi eduthu
Mother took a spoon to serve the payasam.
All Malayalam words for “spoon”
- കരണ്ടി (karandi) — Spoon.
- സ്പൂൺ (spoon) — Spoon. The small eating or stirring spoon; a cooking ladle is thavi.
സ്പൂൺ (spoon) is the English word taken over as it is, common among younger and city speakers; both are understood everywhere, but the native word is the safer choice in writing.
Common questions
How do you say spoon in Malayalam?
കരണ്ടി (karandi) is the native word; the borrowed സ്പൂൺ (spoon) is also widely used.
Is a serving ladle called the same thing?
No. കരണ്ടി (karandi) is the small eating or stirring spoon, and a cooking ladle has a separate name.