Vehicle in Malayalam
വണ്ടി (vandi) is what people actually say for a vehicle, any vehicle, from a bullock cart to a car. It is two syllables, van-di, and it began life meaning cart. Ask someone how they travelled and the answer will have this word in it.
Most common translation
Carriage, vehicle, cart, car.
വണ്ടി വരാൻ ഞങ്ങൾ കാത്തു നിന്നു.
vandi varaan njangal kaathu ninnu.
We stood waiting for the vehicle to come.
All Malayalam words for “vehicle”
- വണ്ടി (vandi) — Carriage, vehicle, cart, car.
- ഉടമകൾ (udamakal) — Owners. The people who own something such as a house, shop or vehicle.
- എൻജിൻ (enjin) — Engine, the motor that drives a vehicle or machine; also the locomotive of a train.
- ഓടിക്കുക (odikkuka) — To drive, to operate a vehicle; also to make something move along.
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- ഡ്രൈവിങ് (draiving) — Driving; operating a vehicle, the skill of handling a car or bus.
- ബസ് (basu) — Bus, a large road vehicle that carries many passengers.
- ലോറി (lori) — Truck; a large vehicle for carrying goods, called a lorry in Kerala.
- വാൻ (vaan) — Van; a covered vehicle larger than a car, used to carry people or goods.
- സവാരി (savaari) — Pleasure trip, horse-riding, riding in any vehicle, leisurely travel, walk, joyride.
The formal word for vehicle appears in the dictionary only under the plural entry; എൻജിൻ (enjin) is the engine and ബസ് (basu) a bus, parts and kinds rather than the category itself.
Common questions
How do you say vehicle in Malayalam?
Vehicle is വണ്ടി (vandi).
How do you say to drive a vehicle?
ഓടിക്കുക (odikkuka) is the verb to drive or operate it, and the loan word ഡ്രൈവിങ് (draiving) is used for driving as a skill.