Birthday in Malayalam

A birthday is പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal) in Malayalam, the yearly return of the day one was born. It is the warm, everyday word, said at home and among friends.

Most common translation

പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal)

Birthday; the yearly return of the day one was born.

ഇന്ന് എന്റെ പിറന്നാളാണ്.

innu ente pirannalanu.

Today is my birthday.

All Malayalam words for “birthday”

പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal) and പിറന്നാള്‍ (pirannal) are the familiar spoken forms, ജന്മദിനം (janmadinam) and ജന്മനാള്‍ (janmanaal) sound formal and appear on documents and invitations, and അഷ്ടമിരോഹിണി (ashtamirohini) is the birthday of Lord Krishna in particular.

Common questions

How do you say birthday in Malayalam?

Birthday is പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal) in Malayalam.

Which word suits a printed invitation?

ജന്മദിനം (janmadinam) is the more formal choice.