City in Malayalam

City is പട്ടണം (pattanam), the ordinary word for a town or a city. Malayalam does not insist on the English distinction between the two, so pattanam covers both. Say pat-ta-nam.

Most common translation

പട്ടണം (pattanam)

Town, city.

ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഗ്രാമം ഇപ്പോള്‍ പട്ടണം പോലെയായി.

njangalude graamam ippol pattanam poleyaayi.

Our village has now become like a town.

All Malayalam words for “city”

നഗരി (nagari) and നഗര്‍ (nagar) are the Sanskritic forms, പുരി (puri), പൂര്‍ (poor) and മന്ദിരം (mandhiram) are literary and turn up in place names, and കോർപ്പറേഷൻ (korpparesan) is the elected government of a big city.

Common questions

How do you say city in Malayalam?

City is പട്ടണം (pattanam).

Which words for city appear in place names?

പുരി (puri) and നഗരി (nagari), both literary words for a city or capital.