thumb meaning in Malayalam
തള്ളവിരൽ taḷḷaviral
/ˈθʌm/
thumb in Malayalam: തള്ളവിരൽ (taḷḷaviral), പെരുവിരൽ (peruviral), അംഗുലം (aṅgulaṁ). In English, thumb means the shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
Malayalam words for thumb
- thumb
- തള്ളവിരൽ taḷḷaviral, പെരുവിരൽ peruviral, അംഗുലം aṅgulaṁ
English meaning of thumb
- noun The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- noun The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
- noun A thumbnail picture.
- noun A top hatch plate for covering an excavator bucket, used to keep material in the digger bucket after scooping it up, and not letting it spill out.
thumb in a sentence
- to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon
- I thumbed through the book and decided not to bother reading it all.
- So I started thumbin' back east, toward my hometown.
Synonyms of thumb
thumb in other languages
Questions about thumb in Malayalam
- What is the meaning of thumb in Malayalam?
- Thumb in Malayalam is തള്ളവിരൽ (taḷḷaviral), പെരുവിരൽ (peruviral), അംഗുലം (aṅgulaṁ).
- thumb എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
- Thumb: തള്ളവിരൽ (taḷḷaviral), പെരുവിരൽ (peruviral), അംഗുലം (aṅgulaṁ).
- What does thumb mean in English?
- Thumb means the shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
Source and license
Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “thumb”: അംഗുലം, തള്ളവിരൽ, പെരുവിരൽ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: thumb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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