Twice in Malayalam
Twice is എരട്ടി (eratti), e-rat-ti, which also means double and two times over. You use it for doing something twice and for a quantity being doubled, so twice as much and twice a day share the word. Common in speech and in shop talk.
Most common translation
Twice, double, two times.
ഈ വര്ഷം പച്ചക്കറി വില എരട്ടിയായി.
ee varsham pachakkari vila erattiyaayi.
This year the price of vegetables doubled.
All Malayalam words for “twice”
- എരട്ടി (eratti) — Twice, double, two times.
- ഇരുപ്പുനിലം (iruppunilam) — Rice field cultivated twice a year.
ഇരുപ്പുനിലം (iruppunilam) is a specific thing, a paddy field cropped twice a year, so it is agricultural vocabulary and not a way of saying twice.
Common questions
How do you say twice in Malayalam?
Twice is എരട്ടി (eratti).
Does eratti mean double as well?
Yes. The same word covers twice over and double, whether of an amount or of an action.