Camp in Malayalam
ക്യാമ്പ് (kyaampu) is the everyday word for a camp, both a tented stopping place and an organised event such as a medical or study camp. Posters for blood donation camps use it. താവളം (thavalam) is the older native word for a resting place.
Most common translation
Camp; a temporary place to stay in tents or huts, also an organised gathering such as a medical or study camp.
കുട്ടികൾ ക്യാമ്പിൽ പോയി.
kuttikal kyaampil poyi.
The children went to the camp.
All Malayalam words for “camp”
- ക്യാമ്പ് (kyaampu) — Camp; a temporary place to stay in tents or huts, also an organised gathering such as a medical or study camp.
- താവളം (thavalam) — Resting place, cart stand, camp, seat.
- നില (nila) — Condition, state, position, a fathom depth, (water level up to one's head), standing, camp, stature, manners, storey of a building.
- കൂടാരം (koodaram) — Tent, temporary camp, top of carts, etc.
ക്യാമ്പ് (kyaampu) is the common borrowing; താവളം (thavalam) is a resting place or base, കൂടാരം (koodaram) a tent, and നില (nila) carries camp only as one sense among many.
Common questions
How do you say camp in Malayalam?
ക്യാമ്പ് (kyaampu).
What is a tent called?
കൂടാരം (koodaram).