Towel in Malayalam
തോർത്ത് (thorthu) is the towel, and in Kerala it means the thin cotton cloth carried over the shoulder as much as a bath towel. തോര്ത്ത് (thorth) is the same word in an older spelling. The verb തോര്ത്തുക (thorthuka) is to dry yourself with one.
Most common translation
Towel. A cloth used to dry the body after a bath.
തോർത്ത് എടുത്ത് മുഖം തുടയ്ക്കൂ.
thorthu eduthu mukham thudaykkoo.
Take the towel and wipe your face.
All Malayalam words for “towel”
- തോർത്ത് (thorthu) — Towel. A cloth used to dry the body after a bath.
- തോര്ത്ത് (thorth) — Cloth used for wiping water, towel.
- തോര്ത്തുക (thorthuka) — Dry, wipe water from the body with a towel after bath.
The two forms here, തോർത്ത് (thorthu) and തോര്ത്ത് (thorth), are spelling variants of one word rather than two different towels.
Common questions
How do you say towel in Malayalam?
തോർത്ത് (thorthu).
Is it the same as a bath towel?
Not quite. The word covers the light cotton cloth used for drying, wiping and wearing, which is thinner than a western bath towel.