Woollen in Malayalam
കമ്പിളി (kambili) is the thick woollen blanket, the rough one sold in Kerala for cold nights and long bus journeys. In practice it does the work of the adjective woollen, since a woollen shawl or rug is named from it.
Most common translation
Woollen blanket.
തണുപ്പിൽ ഞാൻ കമ്പിളി പുതച്ചു കിടന്നു.
thanuppil njaan kambili puthachu kidannu.
In the cold I lay covered with a woollen blanket.
Dictionary entry
- കമ്പിളി (kambili) — Woollen blanket.
Strictly it is a noun, so for a woollen garment Malayalam says the equivalent of wool-made rather than using kambili on its own in front of the noun.
Common questions
How do you say woollen in Malayalam?
Through കമ്പിളി (kambili), the word for woollen blanket, which supplies the sense of woollen in compounds.
What exactly does kambili name?
A coarse woollen blanket used as bedding and as a wrap in the hills.