Wear in Malayalam
None of these entries is the ordinary verb for putting on clothes. What they cover is wear in the sense of wearing out: തേയുക (theyuka) is to wear thin or waste away, said of a shoe sole, a coin or a person grown gaunt. Say theyuka with the first syllable close to the English they.
Wear out, become thin or emaciated.
ചെരുപ്പിന്റെ അടി തേഞ്ഞു പോയി.
cheruppinte adi thenju poyi.
The sole of the slipper has worn out.
All Malayalam words for “wear”
- തേയുക (theyuka) — Wear out, become thin or emaciated.
- അധിവസിക്കുക (adhivasikkuka) — Reside, wear, instal an idol, dwell, inhabit.
- ഉരച്ചുകളയുക (urachukalayuka) — Wear out, rub off.
- ചൂടുക (chooduka) — Wear on the head, be crowned.
- ജീര്ണ്ണിക്കുക (jeernnikkuka) — Decay, become rotten, wear out, become tattered, become digested.
- തോലിടുക (tholiduka) — Cover with leather, manure with leaves, wear a satrap of leather (of antelope) by Brahmin boys at the time of wearing the sacred thread.
- പുട (puda) — Cloth, cloth to wear.
- പുടവ (pudava) — Cloth to wear (usually worn by women), saree.
- വസിക്കുക (vasikkuka) — Dwell, reside, wear clothes.
- വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ (vasthrangal) — Clothes, garments, the things people wear.
ഉരച്ചുകളയുക (urachukalayuka) is to rub off or wear away, ജീര്ണ്ണിക്കുക (jeernnikkuka) is to decay or become tattered, and ചൂടുക (chooduka) is narrowly to wear something on the head or be crowned; പുട (puda) is the cloth itself.
Common questions
How do you say wear in Malayalam?
For wearing out, തേയുക (theyuka); the verb for wearing clothes is not among these entries.
How do you say wear a crown?
ചൂടുക (chooduka), which means to wear on the head or to be crowned, and is used of garlands and headgear.