Umbrella in Malayalam
An umbrella is കുട (kuda), ku-da, and in a state with Kerala's rainfall it is a word in constant use. The same noun covers the folding umbrella in a bag and the big one planted over a shop front. Two short syllables, nothing to trip over.
Most common translation
Umbrella. A folding cover held over the head against rain or sun.
മഴയത്ത് കുട എടുത്തു.
mazhayathu kuda eduthu.
I took the umbrella in the rain.
All Malayalam words for “umbrella”
- കുട (kuda) — Umbrella. A folding cover held over the head against rain or sun.
- ഛത്രം (chathram) — Umbrella, mushroom, dominion.
- ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
ഛത്രം (chathram) is the ceremonial or literary umbrella, the kind held over a deity or a king, and ഗോത്രം (gothram) lists an ornamental umbrella among a long tail of old meanings.
Common questions
How do you say umbrella in Malayalam?
Umbrella is കുട (kuda).
What is the word for the ceremonial umbrella at a temple?
ഛത്രം (chathram), which also means a mushroom, is the word for the ornamental or ritual umbrella.