Tear in Malayalam

കണ്ണീര്‍ (kannir) is a tear, built from the words for eye and water, which is exactly what one is. The verb tear, meaning to rip, is a different word: കീറുക (keeruka).

Most common translation

കണ്ണീര്‍ (kannir)

Tear.

കുട്ടിയുടെ കണ്ണീര്‍ അമ്മ തുടച്ചു.

kuttiyude kannir amma thudachu.

Mother wiped the child's tears.

All Malayalam words for “tear”

കീറുക (keeruka) and ചീന്തുക (cheenthuka) both tear cloth or paper, and വലിച്ചു കീറുക (valichu keeruka) adds a pull to it. ബാഷ്പം (baashpam) means vapour first and tear only in poetry.

Common questions

How do you say tear in Malayalam?

കണ്ണീര്‍ (kannir) for the drop from the eye, കീറുക (keeruka) for tearing something.

Which word tears paper?

കീറുക (keeruka) is the ordinary one; വലിച്ചു കീറുക (valichu keeruka) describes tearing by pulling it apart.