Weight in Malayalam
Weight is തൂക്കം (thukkam), the word used of body weight, parcel weight and the weight of an argument. Say thukkam with a doubled k and the stress on the first syllable. The same spelling also carries an unrelated sense of dozing off, which context separates easily.
Weight, dozing.
ഈ ചാക്കിന്റെ തൂക്കം ഇരുപത് കിലോയാണ്.
ee chaakkinte thookkam irupathu kiloyaanu.
The weight of this sack is twenty kilos.
All Malayalam words for “weight”
- തൂക്കം (thukkam) — Weight, dozing.
- പ്രതിമാനം (prathimanam) — Specimen, sample, image, idol, resemblance, picture, shadow, the space between the two tusks of an elephant, weight.
- കട്ടി (katti) — Hardness, solidity, weight used for weighing.
- തീർച്ചയായും (theerchayaayum) — Absolutely, certainly, definitely, without doubt; indeed; certainly, truly, said to confirm or to add weight to a statement.
- തൂക്കക്കുറവ് (thookkakkurav) — Underweight, shortage in weight.
- പൊന്തൂക്കം (ponthookkam) — Gold coin equal in weight to nine gold 'fanams'.
The root shows in the compounds: തൂക്കക്കുറവ് (thookkakkurav) is shortfall in weight or being underweight, and പൊന്തൂക്കം (ponthookkam) is an old gold measure; പ്രതിമാനം (prathimanam) is Sanskritic and mostly means likeness or specimen.
Common questions
How do you say weight in Malayalam?
Weight is തൂക്കം (thukkam).
How do you say underweight?
തൂക്കക്കുറവ് (thookkakkurav), which covers both being underweight and a shortage in weight when goods are measured.