Central in Malayalam
Central in Malayalam is കേന്ദ്ര (kendra), and it attaches to the word it describes rather than standing alone. It also carries the political sense of belonging to the central government, which is how newspapers mostly use it. Say ken-dra, with the d and r run together.
Central, at or near the centre; also relating to the central government.
കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാർ പുതിയ പദ്ധതി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു.
kendra sarkkaar puthiya paddhathi prakhyaapichu
The central government announced a new scheme.
All Malayalam words for “central”
- കേന്ദ്ര (kendra) — Central, at or near the centre; also relating to the central government.
- അശോകചക്രം (ashokachakaram) — The seal of Ashoka inscribed on a stone pillar at Sarnath and accepted as the central emblem on the National Flag of free India.
- കാറ്റാടി (kattadi) — Whirling toy-fan, paper toy which whirls in the wind, Casuarina tree or whip tree, long sails (propellers) that turn on a central shaft.
- കേന്ദ്രമന്ത്രി (kendramanthri) — Central minister, minister of the Union government.
- ഗവർണർ (gavarnar) — Governor; the head of a state appointed by the central government, or the head of a bank or institution.
- പ്രമേയം (prameyam) — Theme, the central subject of a story, film or talk; in speech people also say vishayam or the English theem.
- ഫെഡറൽ (fedaral) — Federal, relating to a union of states or to its central government.
കേന്ദ്ര (kendra) is the ordinary modifier and appears inside compounds such as കേന്ദ്രമന്ത്രി (kendramanthri), a minister of the Union government. ഫെഡറൽ (fedaral) is the loanword for federal, ഗവർണർ (gavarnar) names the governor appointed centrally, പ്രമേയം (prameyam) is central in the sense of a central theme, and അശോകചക്രം (ashokachakaram) and കാറ്റാടി (kattadi) simply mention a centre in their own definitions.
Common questions
How do you say central in Malayalam?
Use കേന്ദ്ര (kendra), which means central or at the centre.
Why does kendra appear in so many political words?
Because it also means the Union government, so anything run from Delhi takes kendra at the front, as in കേന്ദ്രമന്ത്രി (kendramanthri).