Building in Malayalam
Building is കെട്ടിടം (kettidam), any constructed structure from a shop to an office block. It grows out of the verb for tying or putting together. You will see it on signboards and in municipal paperwork.
Most common translation
House, building.
പുതിയ കെട്ടിടം അടുത്ത മാസം തുറക്കും.
puthiya kettidam adutha maasam thurakkum.
The new building will open next month.
All Malayalam words for “building”
- കെട്ടിടം (kettidam) — House, building.
- പുര (pura) — Building, hut, room.
- നിര്മ്മിതി (nirmmithi) — Construction, creation, composition, building.
- വെപ്പ് (vepp) — Placing, construction, building, installing, planting, kitchen work, cooking.
- അട്ടം (attam) — Terraced or staired building, ceiling used as a store, upper storey, garret, loft.
- ഉദ്ഘാടനം (udghaadanam) — Opening, the formal opening or inauguration of a shop, building or event; for a gap Malayalam says dwaaram and for a job opening ozhivu.
- എൻജിനീയറിങ് (enjineeyaring) — Engineering; the field of designing and building machines, roads and structures, also the degree course studied for it.
- ഗോപുരം (gopuram) — Storeyed building, gate tower, main gate of a temple or city.
- ചുമരുകൾ (chumarukal) — Walls, the walls of a room or building; an outer boundary wall is mathil.
- ചുവര് (chuvaru) — Wall, the upright side of a room or building, a partition.
- നിര്മ്മാണം (nirmmaanam) — Building up, construction, creation, making.
- നില (nila) — Condition, state, position, a fathom depth, (water level up to one's head), standing, camp, stature, manners, storey of a building.
- നിലകൾ (nilakal) — Levels, stages, degrees; also the floors of a building.
- പകല്ക്കിനാവ് (pakalkkinaav) — Day-dream, fancy, 'building castles in the air'.
- പറമ്പ് (parambu) — Compound, orchard, garden, plot of land around a building.
- പ്രാസാദം (praasaadam) — Palace, storied building, temple, platform.
- ഫ്ലാറ്റ് (phlaattu) — Apartment. A flat; a set of rooms in a larger building used as a home.
- മച്ച് (mach) — Ceiling paved with planks, upper storey of a building, apartment, closet, arrogance, attic.
- മണിമാളിക (manimalika) — A storeyed building with a clock- tower, a storeyed mansion adorned with gems.
- മാളിക (maalika) — Building with more than one storey, mansion of the aristocrats or the rich.
- മേൽക്കൂര (melkkoora) — Roof, the covering on top of a house or building.
- മ്യൂസിയം (myoosiyam) — Museum; a building where old or valuable things are kept on show.
- വാസ്തുവിദ്യ (vaasthuvidya) — Architecture, the art of building construction.
പുര (pura) is an older word for a house, hut or room, നിര്മ്മിതി (nirmmithi) is construction as an activity, and വെപ്പ് (vepp) is placing or installing.
Common questions
How do you say building in Malayalam?
Building is കെട്ടിടം (kettidam).
What are the floors of a building called?
നിലകൾ (nilakal), the floors or levels; the walls are ചുമരുകൾ (chumarukal).