Strand in Malayalam
എഴ (ezha) is a long strand or thread, the single length you draw out of a bundle. Two short syllables, e-zha, with the retroflex zh. It is a narrow and somewhat old-fashioned word.
Most common translation
Long strand or thread.
നൂലിന്റെ ഒരു എഴ താഴെ വീണു.
noolinte oru ezha thaazhe veenu.
A strand of thread fell down.
All Malayalam words for “strand”
- എഴ (ezha) — Long strand or thread.
- ഗുണം (gunam) — Function, duty, quality, goodness, number of times, wick, string, thread, bow-string, strand, secondary function or duty, virtue, property (of a thing).
ഗുണം (gunam) is a broad word for quality and property whose strand sense belongs to the strands of a bowstring, so എഴ (ezha) is the one to use for a strand of hair or fibre.
Common questions
How do you say strand in Malayalam?
A strand is എഴ (ezha).
How do you say a strand of hair?
The word for hair is joined to എഴ (ezha), giving a compound that means one length drawn out of the whole.