Cemetery in Malayalam
സെമിത്തേരി (semitheri) is the Malayalam for a cemetery, a borrowed word used above all for the Christian burial grounds that Kerala has in great number. Say it se-mi-the-ri, with the stress on the third syllable.
Most common translation
Cemetery, burial ground.
സെമിത്തേരിയിൽ വലിയ മരങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്.
semitheriyil valiya marangal undu.
There are big trees in the cemetery.
Dictionary entry
- സെമിത്തേരി (semitheri) — Cemetery, burial ground.
Because of that association it is the word for a churchyard burial ground, and the burial places of other communities are usually named in other ways.
Common questions
How do you say cemetery in Malayalam?
സെമിത്തേരി (semitheri), a cemetery or burial ground.
Is semitheri used for all burial grounds?
In practice it points to Christian cemeteries, and it is the word you see on church compounds.