Common in Malayalam
Malayalam says പൊതു (pothu) for common in the sense of shared or public, as in common property or common interest. The same form works as a prefix in many compounds about public life. When common means usual or unremarkable, the word to reach for is സാധാരണ (saadhaarana).
Most common translation
Common, general, public, universal.
ഇത് എല്ലാവർക്കും ഉള്ള പൊതു സ്ഥലമാണ്.
ith ellaavarkkum ulla pothu sthalamaan.
This is a public place for everyone.
All Malayalam words for “common”
- പൊതു (pothu) — Common, general, public, universal.
- പൊതുവിലുള്ള (pothuvilulla) — Common, general.
- സാധാരണ (saadhaarana) — Usual, ordinary, common, mediocre.
- അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha) — Street talk, common talk, rumour, hearsay.
- അടിയന്തര സാഹചര്യം (adiyanthara sahacharyam) — Emergency; a sudden serious situation needing immediate action. In speech the English word emarjansi is also common.
- അത്യുഗ്രഗന്ധം (athyugragandham) — Pungent smell, common carraway (medicinal herb.).
- അദിവ്യ (adivya) — Not very holy, common place, not divine.
- ഇടത്തരക്കാരന് (idatharakkaaran) — The middle class man, ordinary, common man.
- ഉത്തോലകം (utholakam) — Lever, common balance.
- ഒറ്റക്കെട്ട് (ottakkettu) — Unity, bound by common bond.
- കാക്ക (kaakka) — Crow. A common black bird with a harsh call.
- ജോൺസൺ (jonsan) — Johnson; a common English surname, written this way in Malayalam.
- തോമസ് (thomasu) — Thomas, a male given name and surname, very common among Christians in Kerala.
- നാടോടിക്കഥ (naadodikkatha) — Folk tale, story common or current in the country, folk story, folklore.
- നായ്ക്കൾ (naaykkal) — Dogs; more than one dog, the common household and street animal.
- പാവകം (pavakam) — Common name for various medicinal plants.
- പൊതുജനം (pothujanam) — The public, the masses, ordinary people, common folk.
- വകതിരിവ് (vakathiriv) — Discrimination, discretion, common sense.
- വിരൽ (viral) — Finger, one of the five parts at the end of the hand, also a toe in common speech.
- സംഘടനകൾ (samghadanakal) — Organizations. Groups of people working together for a common purpose; associations or institutions.
- സാമാന്യബുദ്ധി (saamaanyabuddhi) — Common sense.
പൊതു and പൊതുവിലുള്ള (pothuvilulla) carry the shared or general sense, while സാധാരണ describes something commonplace or ordinary.
Common questions
How do you say common in Malayalam?
Common is പൊതു (pothu) in Malayalam.
Which word means common as in ordinary?
സാധാരണ (saadhaarana) covers usual, ordinary and commonplace.