Wick in Malayalam
No entry here is a dedicated word for a lamp wick. തൂലിക (thoolika) comes closest, since its senses include a lamp wick alongside feather, pen and painter's brush. Context has to carry the meaning.
Most common translation
Feather, pen, painter's brush, cotton mattress, lamp wick.
കവിയുടെ തൂലിക ഇന്നും ഓർമ്മയിലുണ്ട്.
kaviyude thoolika innum ormmayilundu.
The poet's pen is remembered even today.
All Malayalam words for “wick”
- തൂലിക (thoolika) — Feather, pen, painter's brush, cotton mattress, lamp wick.
- ഗുണം (gunam) — Function, duty, quality, goodness, number of times, wick, string, thread, bow-string, strand, secondary function or duty, virtue, property (of a thing).
- പടുതിരി (paduthiri) — A wick about to be extinguished.
തൂലിക (thoolika) covers a wick among other things, പടുതിരി (paduthiri) is a wick about to go out, and ഗുണം (gunam) lists wick far down a long line of unrelated senses.
Common questions
How do you say wick in Malayalam?
There is no single clear word on this list; തൂലിക (thoolika) includes lamp wick among its senses.
Is there a word for a dying wick?
പടുതിരി (paduthiri), a wick on the point of being extinguished.