Women in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “women”:
- തട്ടം (thattam) — Platter or plate, veil (worn by Muslim women), long cloth tied round the waist, pond, lake.
- തിരിപ്പന് (thirippan) — Wig, false hair used by women, periwig, peruke.
- പാദസരം (padhasaram) — Anklet for the feet worn by women; a tinkling footornament.
- പുടക (pudaka) — Double cloth worn by women, wedding cloth or saree.
- പുടവ (pudava) — Cloth to wear (usually worn by women), saree.
- പൂത്താലി (poothali) — A kind of necklace worn by women.
- മോഹിനിയാട്ടം (mohiniyaattam) — A dance form in Kerala formerly performed by Devadasis (women dedicated to temple service), a kind of nautch dance.
- സിന്ദൂരം (sindooram) — Vermilion, coloured powder, applied on the forehead by women in India esp. by married women, mineral preparation by calcination.