Stamp in Malayalam

A stamp or seal is മുദ്ര (mudra), the mark that makes a document official and the device that presses it. In Kerala offices it is the word in every instruction about getting papers stamped. Two syllables, the first clipped.

Most common translation

മുദ്ര (mudra)

Seal, signet, stamp, mark.

കത്തില്‍ ഓഫീസിന്റെ മുദ്ര ഉണ്ട്

katthil opheesinte mudra undu

The letter has the office seal.

All Malayalam words for “stamp”

മുദ്രകുത്തുക (mudrakuthuka) and മുദ്രയടിക്കുക (mudrayadikkuka) are verbs, to stamp or seal, and മുദ്രപതിക്കുക (mudrapathikkuka) is to affix a stamp, while പതിക്കുക (pathikkuka) is the broad verb for affixing or registering. A postage stamp is normally called by its English name.

Common questions

How do you say stamp in Malayalam?

The noun is മുദ്ര (mudra), a seal or stamp; to stamp something is മുദ്രകുത്തുക (mudrakuthuka).

What about a postage stamp?

That is usually the borrowed English word; മുദ്ര (mudra) is the seal or official mark rather than the stamp you stick on an envelope.