Stone in Malayalam
Stone is കല്ല് (kallu), from a pebble to the rock in a wall, and a gem as well. The doubled ll is retroflex and held. It is one of the most basic nouns in the language.
Most common translation
Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
വഴിയിൽ ഒരു വലിയ കല്ല് ഉണ്ട്.
vazhiyil oru valiya kallu undu.
There is a big stone on the path.
All Malayalam words for “stone”
- കല്ല് (kallu) — Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
- പാഷാണം (paashaanam) — Arsenic (a poison), rock, stone, a dangerous person.
- അടികല്ല് (adikallu) — Foundation stone, basis, basement.
- അണ്ടി (andi) — Seed, stone inside a fruit, nut, kernel, testicle, scrotum.
- അശോകചക്രം (ashokachakaram) — The seal of Ashoka inscribed on a stone pillar at Sarnath and accepted as the central emblem on the National Flag of free India.
- ഉരുളുക (uruluka) — Roll; to turn over and over while moving, as a ball or a stone; to roll something up is churuttuka.
- കല്ലറ (kallara) — Stone vault, cellar, lock-up, grave.
- കല്ലിക്കുക (kallikkuka) — Petrify, become hard as stone.
- കൊത്തുക (kothuka) — Peck, bite, cut, play with pebbles, drink (toddy), engrave (on stone, metal things etc.)carve.
- ബലിക്കല്ല് (balikkallu) — Sacrificial stone or altar.
- യുഗം (yugam) — A pair, period, an age or long period of time, one of the Ages like Dwaapara or Kaliyuga, an age of some special significance (like Stone Age).
കല്ല് (kallu) is stone in general, അടികല്ല് (adikallu) a foundation stone, കല്ലറ (kallara) a stone vault or grave, അണ്ടി (andi) the stone inside a fruit, and പാഷാണം (paashaanam) rock and also arsenic.
Common questions
How do you say stone in Malayalam?
കല്ല് (kallu) is the word for stone.
What is the stone inside a mango called?
അണ്ടി (andi), the seed or stone of a fruit.