Yoke in Malayalam

പിണര്‍ (pinar) is a joining or binding together, and among its older senses is the yoke that couples a pair of oxen. The common farm word for a plough yoke is not in this list.

Most common translation

പിണര്‍ (pinar)

Lightning, joining together, clogging, yoke, bundle of paddy seedlings.

ആകാശത്ത് പിണർ മിന്നി.

aakaashathu pinar minni.

Lightning flashed in the sky.

All Malayalam words for “yoke”

കഴി (kazhi) is the handle or shaft of a yoke or an axe, a part rather than the whole, and pinar also means lightning and a bundle of paddy seedlings, so context carries a lot of the load.

Common questions

How do you say yoke in Malayalam?

പിണര്‍ (pinar) covers the yoke as a coupling; the everyday word for a bullock yoke is a separate term this list does not carry.

What else does pinar mean?

Lightning, a tangle or clog, and a bundle of paddy seedlings tied for transplanting.