Book in Malayalam
Everyday Malayalam calls a book പുസ്തകം (pusthakam), with the weight falling on the first syllable. Children, teachers and shopkeepers all use it, and it covers printed books, notebooks and textbooks alike. ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) is its formal cousin, kept for scripture, classics and scholarly works.
Most common translation
Book.
ഞാൻ ഒരു പുസ്തകം വായിക്കുന്നു.
njaan oru pusthakam vaayikkunnu.
I am reading a book.
All Malayalam words for “book”
- പുസ്തകം (pusthakam) — Book.
- ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) — Book, literary composition.
- പുറത്തിറക്കിയ (puratthirakkiya) — Launched; newly released or started, as a product, book, service or scheme.
- ലിഖിതം (ligitham) — Letter, recorded, document, writing, book.
- അദ്ധ്യായം (adhyayam) — Chapter, lesson, portion of a book.
- ആൽബം (aalbam) — Album, a book of photographs; also a music album.
- ഉള്ളടക്കം (ulladakkam) — Content, what is inside something, the matter in a book, video or message.
- ഏട് (eadu) — A page of a book, leaf of a book, palm leaf, petal.
- ഒന്ന് (onnu) — One, the number 1; oru is used before a noun, as in oru pusthakam, one book.
- ഗീതകൃതി (geethakrithi) — A book of songs.
- ഗ്രന്ഥകര്ത്താവ് (granthakarthav) — Author, writer of a book.
- ഗ്രന്ഥകാരന് (granthakaaran) — Author of a book, writer of a book.
- ചികിത്സാഗ്രന്ഥം (chikilsaagrantham) — Book on medical treatment.
- പുറത്തിറക്കുക (puratthirakkuka) — Launch; to bring out something new such as a product or book, to start off a venture.
- പേജുകൾ (pejukal) — Pages, the sheets or sides of a book or notebook; also the screens of a website.
- പേജ് (pej) — Page, one side of a leaf in a book or notebook.
- പ്രബോധിനി (prabodhini) — That which instructs, text book.
- പ്രവചനം (pravachanam) — Prophecy, a word of the scripture, declaration, prediction, commentary, eloquence, book of theories or doctrines, foresight.
- വ്യാകരണം (vyaakaranam) — Grammar, science of language, a book dealing with the basic laws of anything.
- വ്യാപ്തം (vyaaptham) — Volume; the amount of space a thing fills, its capacity; the loudness of sound is usually called voliyam and a book in a set is a vaalyam.
ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) and ലിഖിതം (ligitham) are literary; അദ്ധ്യായം (adhyayam) is a chapter rather than a whole book, ആൽബം (aalbam) a photo album, and ഉള്ളടക്കം (ulladakkam) the contents inside.
Common questions
How do you say book in Malayalam?
Say പുസ്തകം (pusthakam); for a sacred or classical work ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) is preferred.
Is ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) still in use?
Yes, mainly in formal writing and for religious or classical texts.