Yards in Malayalam
Malayalam has no word of its own for the yard as a unit; Kerala used local measures and now uses metres. ചങ്ങല (changala) is a chain, and a surveyor's chain happens to be twenty two yards, which is how it landed in this list.
Most common translation
Chain shackles, a measurement of length (22 yards).
നായയെ ചങ്ങലയിൽ കെട്ടി.
naayaye changalayil ketti.
The dog was tied with a chain.
All Malayalam words for “yards”
- ചങ്ങല (changala) — Chain shackles, a measurement of length (22 yards).
- പുടമുറി (pudamuri) — Piece of cloth about nine yards, presenting cloth to the bride by the groom (is a part of the wedding ceremony).
പുടമുറി (pudamuri) is a length of cloth of about nine yards and the wedding custom of presenting it, so it too names a thing rather than a measurement.
Common questions
How do you say yards in Malayalam?
Malayalam borrows the English word. Neither entry here is a unit of length in itself.
What is pudamuri?
The cloth the groom presents to the bride, and by extension that part of the wedding ceremony.