Author in Malayalam

The author of a book is the ഗ്രന്ഥകര്‍ത്താവ് (granthakarthav), book plus doer, and this is the term on title pages and in library catalogues. The v at the end is light, almost swallowed.

Most common translation

ഗ്രന്ഥകര്‍ത്താവ് (granthakarthav)

Author, writer of a book.

ഗ്രന്ഥകർത്താവ് പുതിയ പുസ്തകം എഴുതുന്നു.

granthakarthaav puthiya pusthakam ezhuthunnu.

The author is writing a new book.

All Malayalam words for “author”

ഗ്രന്ഥകാരന്‍ (granthakaaran) means the same thing in a slightly more compact form, while സാഹിത്യകാരന്‍ (saahithyakaaran) is a literary figure, a writer of literature rather than the author of a particular book.

Common questions

What is author in Malayalam?

ഗ്രന്ഥകര്‍ത്താവ് (granthakarthav), the author or writer of a book.

Which word for the author of a textbook?

ഗ്രന്ഥകര്‍ത്താവ് (granthakarthav) or ഗ്രന്ഥകാരന്‍ (granthakaaran); സാഹിത്യകാരന്‍ (saahithyakaaran) would wrongly suggest a creative writer.