Veil in Malayalam
തട്ടം (thattam) is the veil or head covering worn by Muslim women in Kerala, and the same word names a flat platter. Say that-tam, with the t doubled. In Malappuram and Kozhikode you hear it daily.
Most common translation
Platter or plate, veil (worn by Muslim women), long cloth tied round the waist, pond, lake.
പെങ്ങൾ പുതിയ തട്ടം ഇട്ടു.
pengal puthiya thattam ittu.
Sister wore a new veil.
All Malayalam words for “veil”
- തട്ടം (thattam) — Platter or plate, veil (worn by Muslim women), long cloth tied round the waist, pond, lake.
- തിരോധാനം (thirodhaanam) — Disappearance, veil, covering, screen.
- ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam) — Covering, concealment, veil, clothes.
- ആവരണം (avarnam) — Cover, screen, veil, costume.
തിരോധാനം (thirodhaanam) and ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam) are abstract, a screen or a covering or a vanishing from sight, so they suit a veil of secrecy but not a piece of cloth.
Common questions
How do you say veil in Malayalam?
A worn veil is തട്ടം (thattam).
Which word suits a veil of mystery?
ആച്ഛാദനം (aachaadanam), covering or concealment, reads better in that figurative sense than the word for the cloth.