Church in Malayalam
പള്ളി (palli) is what a church is called across Kerala, and because the word also serves for a mosque, speakers often add the denomination in front of it. Pronounce the double l clearly, pal-li. Formal and liturgical language calls the Church as a body തിരുസഭ (thirusabha).
Christian church, shrine, mosque, palace, royal property, school.
ഞായറാഴ്ച പള്ളിയിൽ പോകും.
njaayaraazhcha palliyil pokum.
We go to church on Sunday.
All Malayalam words for “church”
- പള്ളി (palli) — Christian church, shrine, mosque, palace, royal property, school.
- വഴിപാട് (vazhipaad) — Offering (to a temple, church, etc.).
- തിരുസഭ (thirusabha) — The Holy Church (Chr).
- പിണ്ഡം (pindam) — Mass; the quantity of matter in a body, as used in science; mass in the sense of a crowd is bahujanam and the church service is kurbaana.
- മണി (mani) — Bell, a bell rung in a school, temple or church; mani also means hour or clock.
- വൈൻ (vain) — Wine; an alcoholic drink made from grapes. The older word veenju is used mainly in church and literary contexts.
- ശുശ്രൂഷ (shushroosha) — Serving, service, waiting on, attending to, menial service, holy service in the church.
പള്ളി (palli) is the building, തിരുസഭ (thirusabha) the Church as an institution, ശുശ്രൂഷ (shushroosha) the service held inside and വഴിപാട് (vazhipaad) an offering made there. മണി (mani) is the bell, വൈൻ (vain) the wine, and പിണ്ഡം (pindam) belongs to physics rather than to worship.
Common questions
How do you say church in Malayalam?
പള്ളി (palli) is the word for a church.
What is the church bell called?
മണി (mani), the same word used for a bell in a school or temple.