Books in Malayalam
പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (pusthakangal) is the plural of the word for book and is what you want for books in general. The plural ending does the work of the English s, so one book becomes many. It suits shelves, syllabuses and book fairs equally.
Most common translation
Books, printed volumes for reading or study.
മേശയിൽ പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ അടുക്കിവെച്ചു.
meshayil pusthakangal adukkivechu.
The books were stacked on the table.
All Malayalam words for “books”
- പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (pusthakangal) — Books, printed volumes for reading or study.
- എഴുത്തുകാരൻ (ezhuthukaran) — Writer, author; a person who writes books or articles.
- പതിക്കുക (pathikkuka) — Fall, join, decline, be degraded, stamp, enter in the books of account, register, affix, stick sth.
- പൂജയെടുപ്പ് (poojayeduppu) — The last day of Navaratri (Saraswathi or Durga puja) on which books and tools of work placed before the goddess for blessings are taken back.
- ലൈബ്രറി (laibrari) — Library, a place where books are kept for reading and borrowing; also called granthashaala in formal Malayalam.
- സാമഗ്രികൾ (saamagrikal) — Materials; the stuff things are made from, the supplies needed for a job, also books and notes used for study.
പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (pusthakangal) names the objects, ലൈബ്രറി (laibrari) the place that holds them, എഴുത്തുകാരൻ (ezhuthukaran) the person who writes them, and സാമഗ്രികൾ (saamagrikal) study materials more broadly.
Common questions
How do you say books in Malayalam?
Use പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ (pusthakangal), the plural form.
Which word means library?
ലൈബ്രറി (laibrari), the borrowed English term used across Kerala.