Step in Malayalam
ചവിട്ടടി (chavittadi) is a step in the sense of a footstep, the placing of a foot. Say cha-vit-ta-di. It comes from the verb of treading, so it is the step you take rather than the step you climb.
Most common translation
Foot step, step.
മണലിൽ ചവിട്ടടി പതിഞ്ഞു കിടക്കുന്നു.
manalil chavittadi pathinju kidakkunnu.
Footprints lie imprinted on the sand.
All Malayalam words for “step”
- ചവിട്ടടി (chavittadi) — Foot step, step.
- പദം (padam) — A foot, step, foot-impression, leg, word, site, mark, ray, status, position, vigour, object, floor, a line of a stanza, a song.
- അനിയമം (aniyamam) — Absence of rule or system, improper step, suspicion.
- ചെറിയമ്മ (cheriyamma) — Mother's younger sister, step- mother.
- താച്ചി (thachi) — Foster- mother, mother's mother, step- mother, woman who breast feeds another's child.
- വികസിപ്പിക്കുക (vikasippikkuka) — To develop, to grow or improve something, to build it up step by step.
ചെറിയമ്മ (cheriyamma) and താച്ചി (thachi) reached this list through the English prefix in step-mother and have nothing to do with stepping; a stair step is a different word again.
Common questions
How do you say step in Malayalam?
A step or footstep is ചവിട്ടടി (chavittadi).
Does Malayalam have a word for step-mother?
It has no step prefix at all and names the relationship directly, which is why ചെറിയമ്മ (cheriyamma) is literally the mother's younger sister.