Tool in Malayalam
ഉപകരണം (upakarnam) is a tool, implement or instrument, and it is the word in technical writing, school science and ordinary talk about equipment. It also carries the figurative sense of a person used as somebody's tool. Five light syllables, with no long vowel to lean on.
Most common translation
Doing a service, tool, implement, instrument, thing used for, device.
ഈ ഉപകരണം ചൂട് അളക്കും.
ee upakaranam choodu alakkum.
This device measures heat.
All Malayalam words for “tool”
- ഉപകരണം (upakarnam) — Doing a service, tool, implement, instrument, thing used for, device.
- ആയുധം (aayudham) — Arms, weapons, implement, tool.
- സാധനം (saadhanam) — Achievement, thing, object, body, tool, equipment.
- പേന (pena) — Pen, a tool for writing with ink.
- ബ്രഷ് (brush) — Brush, a tool with bristles used for cleaning, painting or brushing the teeth.
- മാദ്ധ്യമം (maaddhyamam) — Middle path/ method or tool, medium, means of communication.
ആയുധം (aayudham) is primarily a weapon and only loosely a tool, while സാധനം (saadhanam) is a thing or object in the broadest sense.
Common questions
How do you say tool in Malayalam?
ഉപകരണം (upakarnam), used for hand tools, instruments and devices alike.
Does it also mean musical instrument?
Yes, the same noun covers instruments of music, with the context or a qualifier making that clear.