പുല്ല്
pullŭ/pulːɨ/
The English word for grass in Malayalam is പുല്ല് (pullŭ).
പുല്ല് is used to refer to any ground cover plant or grass.
Meaning: ground cover plant (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the plural form, grasses, use പുല്ലുകൾ.
How do you pronounce it?
The word is romanized as pullŭ and the IPA is /pulːɨ/.
Did you know?
- In Malayalam, the word പുല്ല് is often used as a slang term to describe a person who is considered weak or a 'nobody'.
- The word പുല്ല് is used in the common idiom പുല്ല് പോലെ, meaning 'like grass', to describe something completely worthless or insignificant.
- The Proto-Dravidian root *pul is thousands of years old, meaning the very concept of 'grass' has been expressed with this nearly identical sound for millennia.
Examples in context
- പുല്ല് പച്ചയാണ്.pullu pachayāṇu.The grass is green.
- പുല്ല് മുറിക്കണം.pullu murikkaṇam.The grass needs to be cut.
Example conversation
Arjun and Meera are looking at the backyard.
- മീര Meeraഅർജുൻ, പുല്ല് വെട്ടാൻ സമയം ആയി.Arjun, pullu vettan samayam aayi.Arjun, it is time to cut the grass.
- അർജുൻ Arjunഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ ചെയ്യാം.njaan ippol cheyyaam.I will do it now.
- മീര Meeraപുല്ല് വളർന്നത് നോക്കൂ.pullu valarnnathu nokkoo.Look at how the grass has grown.
- അർജുൻ Arjunശരി, ഞാൻ വേഗം തുടങ്ങാം.sari, njaan vegam thudangaam.Okay, I will start quickly.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “grass” translations and entries പുല്ല്, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries പുല്ല്, CC BY-SA 4.0.
