Tiffin in Malayalam
The only entry here is ചോറ്റുപാത്രം (chottupaathram), which is the tiffin box, literally the rice vessel, and not the meal called tiffin. For the food itself Malayalam uses words for a snack or a light meal, none of which appears in this list. The box is heard about wherever lunch is carried to work or school.
Tiffin box.
മകന്റെ ചോറ്റുപാത്രം ബാഗില് വെച്ചു
makante chottupaathram baagil vechu
I put my son's tiffin box in the bag.
Dictionary entry
- ചോറ്റുപാത്രം (chottupaathram) — Tiffin box.
So the match is partial: ചോറ്റുപാത്രം (chottupaathram) names the container, and it should not be used for the meal.
Common questions
How do you say tiffin in Malayalam?
The dictionary offers only ചോറ്റുപാത്രം (chottupaathram), the tiffin box; the meal is described with words for a snack or a light meal.
What does ചോറ്റുപാത്രം (chottupaathram) mean literally?
It joins the words for cooked rice and vessel, so it is the rice pot that lunch travels in.