Turn in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “turn”

• വളവ് (valav) — Bend, turn, crookedness; (idm.) artificiality, hypocrisy.
• ചെരിയുക (cheriyuka) — Slope down, die (said of an elephant), bend, turn.
• പേര്‍ക്കുക (perkkuka) — Ruin, remove, cut, smear, turn.
• വഴി (vazhi) — Path, road, way, turn, order, lineage, inheritance, means.
• ഉരുളുക (uruluka) — Roll; to turn over and over while moving, as a ball or a stone; to roll something up is churuttuka.
• ഓഫ് (of) — Off, switched off, not running; used with cheyyuka to turn something off, as in laittu of cheyyuka.
• കറങ്ങുക (karanguka) — Rotate, be in trouble, turn round and round.
• കാറ്റാടി (kattadi) — Whirling toy-fan, paper toy which whirls in the wind, Casuarina tree or whip tree, long sails (propellers) that turn on a central shaft.
• തിരിഞ്ഞു (thirinju) — Turned, turned round, changed direction; past form of to turn.
• തിരിയുന്നു (thiriyunnu) — Turns; the present form of thiriyuka, to turn or rotate or change direction; a turn in a queue is oozham.
• പരിവര്‍ത്തിക്കുക (parivarthikkuka) — Change transform, revolve, retreat, turn back and run.
• പുളിക്കുക (pulikkuka) — Turn sour, taste sour; (idm.) despise.
• മറിയുക (mariyuka) — Tumble down, go upside down, turn over, fall down, change one's views.
• മുറ (mura) — Order, rule, custom, vogue, turn of shift, cry, a period of eight days.
• വളയുക (valayuka) — Bend, bow, turn round, besiege, surround; (fig.) yield.

For the action of turning, കറങ്ങുക (karanguka) is to spin or go round and round and ചെരിയുക (cheriyuka) is to tilt or lean over, so neither is a plain turn of the head or body.