Airport in Malayalam

Airport is വിമാനത്താവളം (vimaanathaavalam) in Malayalam, built from the words for aeroplane and station. It is what signboards and announcements at Kochi or Thiruvananthapuram carry. Long as it looks, it breaks neatly into vimaana and thaavalam.

Most common translation

വിമാനത്താവളം (vimaanathaavalam)

Airport, aerodrome.

ഞങ്ങൾ വിമാനത്താവളത്തിൽ എത്തി.

njangal vimaanathaavalathil ethi.

We reached the airport.

Dictionary entry

വിമാനത്താവളം (vimaanathaavalam) — Airport, aerodrome.

This single entry also covers aerodrome, so it serves small airfields and international terminals alike.

Common questions

How do you say airport in Malayalam?

വിമാനത്താവളം (vimaanathaavalam).

Is the English word used too?

In speech people often say airport outright, but this is the Malayalam term in writing and on signs.