Thread in Malayalam
The plain spoken word for thread appears on this page only inside compounds; standing alone the list offers ഊര്ണ്ണം (oornnam), which means wool and thread. Expect it in written Malayalam rather than at a tailor's shop.
Wool, thread.
ഊര്ണ്ണം കൊണ്ട് അമ്മ സ്വെറ്റർ നെയ്തു.
oornnam kondu amma swettar neythu
Mother knitted a sweater from wool.
All Malayalam words for “thread”
- ഊര്ണ്ണം (oornnam) — Wool, thread.
- സൂത്രം (soothram) — String, thread, the sacred thread worn by certain castes, formula, code, abbreviation.
- ഗുണം (gunam) — Function, duty, quality, goodness, number of times, wick, string, thread, bow-string, strand, secondary function or duty, virtue, property (of a thing).
- ഉപനയിക്കുക (upanayikkuka) — Bring near, invest with the Brahminical thread.
- എഴ (ezha) — Long strand or thread.
- തോലിടുക (tholiduka) — Cover with leather, manure with leaves, wear a satrap of leather (of antelope) by Brahmin boys at the time of wearing the sacred thread.
- നൂല്ക്കുക (noolkkuka) — Spin thread.
- പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool) — Silk thread, fine thread, the fibre made by the silk worm.
- പൊന്നാട (ponnada) — Cloth woven with golden thread, such cloth presented to a person as an honour, golden shawl.
പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool) is silk thread and നൂല്ക്കുക (noolkkuka) is to spin thread, both showing the root word for thread; എഴ (ezha) is a long strand, ഗുണം (gunam) has thread as one of many senses, പൊന്നാട (ponnada) is cloth woven with gold thread, and ഉപനയിക്കുക (upanayikkuka) and തോലിടുക (tholiduka) belong to the sacred thread ceremony.
Common questions
How do you say thread in Malayalam?
This list gives ഊര്ണ്ണം (oornnam) for thread or wool, and the ordinary spoken word shows up only within compounds such as പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool).
What is pattunool?
പട്ടുനൂല് (pattunool) is silk thread, the fine fibre produced by the silkworm.