Breakfast in Malayalam
The morning meal is പ്രാതല് (prathal) in Malayalam, a single compact word. It is used across Kerala for breakfast of any kind, from idli to bread. The th is soft, as in the English word thin.
Most common translation
Breakfast.
പ്രാതല് കഴിച്ചിട്ട് സ്കൂളിൽ പോകാം.
praathal kazhichittu skoolil pokaam.
Let us go to school after breakfast.
All Malayalam words for “breakfast”
- പ്രാതല് (prathal) — Breakfast.
- പ്രാതൽ (prathal) — Breakfast. The morning meal; also called raavile bhakshanam.
Both പ്രാതല് (prathal) and പ്രാതൽ (prathal) are the same word, listed twice, and either spelling points to the morning meal.
Common questions
How do you say breakfast in Malayalam?
പ്രാതല് (prathal), the morning meal.
Is there another way to refer to it?
Some speakers describe it as the morning food rather than using the single word.