Cultivation in Malayalam
Neither listed word is the abstract noun for cultivation. കൃഷിസ്ഥലം (krishisthalam) comes closest in practice: it means land under cultivation, a farmyard or field. Use it when you are talking about the ground being farmed rather than the activity of farming.
Farm yard, land for cultivation.
അച്ഛൻ രാവിലെ കൃഷിസ്ഥലം ഉഴുതു.
achchhan raavile krishisthalam uzhuthu.
Father ploughed the farmland in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “cultivation”
- കൃഷിസ്ഥലം (krishisthalam) — Farm yard, land for cultivation.
- നടുതല (naduthala) — Plants or seeds for cultivation, tubers, etc. harvested once a year, the crown of the head.
കൃഷിസ്ഥലം names the land, while നടുതല refers to planting material, the seeds, tubers and seedlings used for a season's cultivation, and it also oddly means the crown of the head.
Common questions
What is cultivation in Malayalam?
There is no plain abstract noun here. കൃഷിസ്ഥലം (krishisthalam) means land for cultivation, and നടുതല (naduthala) means the seeds or plants used for it.
Which word do farmers use for planting stock?
നടുതല (naduthala) covers seedlings, tubers and other material set aside for planting.