Council in Malayalam
Council is commonly കൗൺസിൽ (kaunsil) in Malayalam, the borrowed word for an elected or appointed body that governs or advises. Local bodies, colleges and clubs all use it this way. Printed notices keep it in Malayalam script.
Most common translation
Council, an elected or appointed body that governs or advises.
നഗരസഭാ കൗൺസിൽ ഇന്ന് ചേരും.
nagarasabhaa kaunsil innu cherum
The municipal council meets today.
All Malayalam words for “council”
- കൗൺസിൽ (kaunsil) — Council, an elected or appointed body that governs or advises.
- മന്ത്രാലയം (manthralayam) — Council chamber, ministry, cabinet of ministers.
- മന്ത്രിസഭ (manthrisabha) — Cabinet, the council of ministers in a government; a cupboard is called alamaara.
- രാജസഭ (raajasabha) — The royal court, privy council.
- വികസനസമിതി (vikasanasamithi) — Committee for developmental activities, development council (committee).
- സെനറ്റ് (senattu) — Senate; the upper house of a parliament, as in the United States, also the governing council of a university.
The remaining entries are particular councils: manthrisabha and manthralayam belong to a cabinet of ministers, raajasabha to a royal or privy council, vikasanasamithi to a development committee and senattu to a senate.
Common questions
How do you say council in Malayalam?
Say കൗൺസിൽ (kaunsil) for a governing or advisory body.
What is the council of ministers called?
That is മന്ത്രിസഭ (manthrisabha), the cabinet in a government.