Bridal in Malayalam

Malayalam has no adjective matching bridal; it names particular bridal things instead. മണിയറ (maniyara) is the bridal chamber, the decorated room prepared for a newly married couple, and it is a word with a strong ceremonial and literary flavour.

Most common translation

മണിയറ (maniyara)

Bridal chamber, a well decorated chamber or room.

മണിയറ പൂക്കള്‍ കൊണ്ട് അലങ്കരിച്ചു.

maniyara pookkal kondu alankarichu.

The bridal chamber was decorated with flowers.

All Malayalam words for “bridal”

മണിയറ is the bridal chamber, and ജാതകപ്പൊരുത്തം is the matching of a bride's and groom's horoscopes before a marriage is agreed. Both are bridal only in that they belong to weddings.

Common questions

How do you say bridal in Malayalam?

There is no one adjective. For the bridal chamber say മണിയറ (maniyara), and for the matching of bridal horoscopes, ജാതകപ്പൊരുത്തം (jaathakapporutham).

What is jaathakapporutham in practice?

It is the compatibility check between the horoscopes of the two families' candidates, still a routine step before many marriages are fixed.