Teeth in Malayalam
This entry does not give the plural noun teeth. ദന്ത (dantha) is the adjective dental, the Sanskrit stem used in compounds about teeth and dentistry, and the rest of the list names things connected with teeth.
Dental, relating to the teeth, having to do with dentistry.
ദന്ത ഡോക്ടറെ കാണാൻ പോയി.
dantha doktare kaanaan poyi.
I went to see the dental doctor.
All Malayalam words for “teeth”
- ദന്ത (dantha) — Dental, relating to the teeth, having to do with dentistry.
- ഉമിക്കരി (umikkary) — Burnt husk of paddy used for cleaning teeth.
- ചവയ്ക്കുക (chavaykkuka) — Chew, grind with the teeth, (idm.) blabber, talk meaninglessly.
- ദന്തക്ഷതം (danthakshatham) — Injury caused by the teeth.
- പല്ലിട (pallida) — Gap between teeth.
- ബ്രഷ് (brush) — Brush, a tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting or brushing the teeth.
- മോണ (mona) — Gum (of the teeth).
Malayalam forms teeth by pluralising its everyday word for tooth, which is not among these candidates. പല്ലിട (pallida) is the gap between teeth, മോണ (mona) the gum and ദന്തക്ഷതം (danthakshatham) an injury caused by teeth.
Common questions
How do you say teeth in Malayalam?
By pluralising the ordinary word for tooth. No candidate here is that plural, and ദന്ത (dantha) is the dental adjective.
What did Kerala use before toothpaste?
ഉമിക്കരി (umikkary), the burnt husk of paddy, was rubbed on the teeth; the borrowed ബ്രഷ് (brush) is the brush itself.