Alphabet in Malayalam
The alphabet is അക്ഷരമാല (aksharamala) in Malayalam, literally a garland of letters set in fixed order. Children learn their aksharamala in the first years of school. The two parts are akshara, a letter, and mala, a garland.
Most common translation
Set of letters in a fixed order, alphabet.
കുട്ടി മലയാളം അക്ഷരമാല പഠിക്കുകയാണ്.
kutti malayalam aksharamala padikkukayaan.
The child is learning the Malayalam alphabet.
All Malayalam words for “alphabet”
- അക്ഷരമാല (aksharamala) — Set of letters in a fixed order, alphabet.
- കത്തുകൾ (kathukal) — Letters. Written messages sent by post; letters of the alphabet are aksharangal.
- കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ (kathaapaathrangal) — Characters; the persons in a story, film or play; letters of an alphabet are called aksharangal.
- ഭ (bha) — The 24th consonant in the Malayalam alphabet.
- ര (ra) — The 27th consonant in the Malayalam alphabet.
- ള (la) — The 34th consonant of the Malayalam alphabet.
- വ (va) — The 29th consonant in the Malayalam alphabet.
- വിദ്യാരംഭം (vidyaarambham) — Initiation into the alphabet.
- ഹ (ha) — The 3rd consonant of the Malayalam alphabet.
കത്തുകൾ (kathukal) and കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ (kathaapaathrangal) are posted letters and story characters, and ഭ (bha), ര (ra), ള (la) and വ (va) are individual consonants of that alphabet rather than words for it.
Common questions
How do you say alphabet in Malayalam?
അക്ഷരമാല (aksharamala), the ordered set of letters.
What are the individual letters called?
Each one is an akshara, and the list gives examples such as ഭ (bha) and ര (ra).