Aeroplane in Malayalam
An aeroplane is വിമാനം (vimanam) in everyday Malayalam, the word children use and airports announce. It covers aircraft of every kind, from a passenger jet to a small propeller plane. Say it vi-maa-nam, with the long vowel in the middle.
Most common translation
Plane; an aeroplane, an aircraft that carries people or goods; aircraft. A flying machine such as an aeroplane or a helicopter.
വിമാനം സമയത്ത് തന്നെ പുറപ്പെട്ടു.
vimanam samayathu thanne purappettu.
The plane left right on time.
All Malayalam words for “aeroplane”
- വിമാനം (vimanam) — Plane; an aeroplane, an aircraft that carries people or goods; aircraft. A flying machine such as an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- ആകാശയാനം (aakaashayaanam) — Aeroplane, journey by air.
ആകാശയാനം (aakaashayaanam) is the bookish alternative, literally a sky vehicle, and it also stretches to mean a journey by air.
Common questions
How do you say aeroplane in Malayalam?
വിമാനം (vimanam), the ordinary word for a plane.
What is the formal word for air travel?
ആകാശയാനം (aakaashayaanam), which names both the craft and the journey.