Trousers in Malayalam
Trousers are പാന്റ് (pant) in Kerala, the English pants with the final consonant clipped, and it is what a tailor, a shopkeeper and a schoolboy all say. One syllable. The word covers everything from formal trousers to jeans.
Most common translation
Trousers. A garment worn on the legs; pants.
അവൻ കറുത്ത പാന്റ് ഇട്ടു.
avan karutha pant ittu.
He wore black trousers.
All Malayalam words for “trousers”
- പാന്റ് (pant) — Trousers. A garment worn on the legs; pants.
- കളസം (kalasam) — Trousers.
- കാലുറ (kaalura) — Trousers, pants, stockings.
- സ്യൂട്ട് (syoottu) — Suit; a matching coat and trousers worn together; a court case is called a kes or vyavahaaram.
കളസം (kalasam) and കാലുറ (kaalura) are the older native words and now sound bookish or regional; സ്യൂട്ട് (syoottu) is a suit, the coat and trousers together.
Common questions
How do you say trousers in Malayalam?
Trousers is പാന്റ് (pant).
Is kalasam still used?
Rarely. കളസം (kalasam) appears in older writing and in some dialects, but പാന്റ് (pant) is what you will hear today.