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tinsel meaning in Malayalam

പകിട്ടുവസ്തു

/ˈtɪns(ə)l/US/ˈtɪnsəl/

tinsel in Malayalam: പകിട്ടുവസ്തു, കാക്കപ്പൊന്ന്, കൃത്രിമശോഭ, പുറംമോടി. In English, tinsel means a silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.

Malayalam words for tinsel

showiness, ostentation, show
പകിട്ടുവസ്തു, കാക്കപ്പൊന്ന്, കൃത്രിമശോഭ, പുറംമോടി, പളപളപ്പ്, പുറംപകിട്ട്
showy, ostentatious, glittering
കാക്കപ്പൊന്നുപോലെയുള്ള, പകിട്ടായ, മോടിയുള്ള, കൃതിശോഭയായ, കേവലം പ്രകടനാത്മകമായ, വൃഥാഡംബരമായ

English meaning of tinsel

  1. noun A silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.
  2. noun A very thin, gauzelike cloth with gold or silver (or, later, copper) thread woven into it, or overlaid with thin metal plates.
  3. noun A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.
  4. noun Anything shining and gaudy; especially something superficially shiny and showy, or having a false lustre, and more pretty than valuable.

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Questions about tinsel in Malayalam

What is the meaning of tinsel in Malayalam?
Tinsel in Malayalam is പകിട്ടുവസ്തു, കാക്കപ്പൊന്ന്, കൃത്രിമശോഭ, പുറംമോടി.
tinsel എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Tinsel: പകിട്ടുവസ്തു, കാക്കപ്പൊന്ന്, കൃത്രിമശോഭ, പുറംമോടി.
What does tinsel mean in English?
Tinsel means a silk or wool fabric with gold or silver thread woven into it; brocade.

Source and license

Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: tinsel (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tinsel (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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