Day in Malayalam
Day is ദിവസം (divasam) in Malayalam, used both of a twenty-four-hour span and of one particular day. Calendars, news and conversation share this word. It is the safest general choice.
Most common translation
Day, a period of twenty four hours; also a particular day.
ഇന്ന് നല്ല ദിവസം ആണ്.
innu nalla divasam aanu.
Today is a good day.
All Malayalam words for “day”
- ദിവസം (divasam) — Day, a period of twenty four hours; also a particular day.
- അഗ്രഹായണം (agrahhayanam) — Beginning the new year day of the month 'Markazhi', the month of dhanu.
- അടയ്ക്കുക (adaykkuka) — To pay, to settle a bill or a fee, to hand over money; paid, gave the money due, settled a bill or fee; listed here as the verb to pay; shut; to close a door, window or lid, to close a shop for the day.
- അനുദിനം (anudinam) — Daily, every day, day by day.
- അന്നന്ന് (annannu) — Each day, everyday.
- അന്നോളം (annolam) — Till that day, till then.
- അന്ന് (annu) — That day, at that time itself.
- അവധി (avadhi) — Holiday; a day off from work or school, leave.
- അഹോരാത്രം (ahorathram) — Day and night, the whole day.
- ഇന്നലെ (innale) — Yesterday; the day before today, on that day.
- ഉച്ചഭക്ഷണം (ucchabhakshanam) — Lunch. The midday meal; food eaten in the middle of the day.
- എല്ലാ (ellaa) — Every, each, all; the noun then takes the suffix um, as in ellaa divasavum, every day.
- ഒരിക്കല് (orikkal) — A Hindu religious fast (having only one meal a day).
- ഒരുനാള് (orunal) — One day, once.
- ഒഴിവുദിവസം (ozhivudivasam) — Holiday, off day.
- കണികാണുക (kanikanuka) — See the first thing in a day.
- കാലാവസ്ഥ (kaalaavastha) — Weather, the state of the air and sky at a place; rain, heat and wind together. In everyday speech it also covers climate; climate; the usual weather of a place over a long period. The same word also serves for day to day weather.
- കൈനീട്ടം (kaineettam) — The first gift or sale or transaction, the gift given on Vishu day, bribe.
- ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച (chovvaazhcha) — Tuesday; the third day of the week, after Monday.
- ഞായറാഴ്ച (njaayaraazhcha) — Sunday, the first day of the week, usually a day off.
- തിങ്കളാഴ്ച (thinkalaazhcha) — Monday; the day after Sunday, the first working day of the week.
- തിയ്യതി (thiyyathi) — Date, day of the month.
- തീയതി (theeyathi) — Date; the day of the month given as a number.
- ദശവാര്ഷികം (dashavaarshikam) — The day of completion of ten years, the tenth anniversary.
- ദുഃഖവെള്ളിയാഴ്ച (dugavelliyaazhcha) — Good Friday, the day commemorating the crucifixion of Christ.
- നാളെ (naale) — Tomorrow, the day after today.
- പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal) — Birthday; the yearly return of the day one was born.
- പുണ്യദിനം (punyadinam) — A holy or blessed day.
- പുലരി (pulari) — Day- break, morning, dawn, sunrise.
- പൂജയെടുപ്പ് (poojayeduppu) — The last day of Navaratri (Saraswathi or Durga puja) on which books and tools of work placed before the goddess for blessings are taken back.
- മകരവിളക്ക് (makaravilakku) — An auspicious day at Sabarimala Temple on the 1st of the month Makara (when the sun enters the zodiac capricorn).
- വിശേഷദിവസം (visheshadivasam) — Festival day.
- വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച (velliyaazhcha) — Friday, the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
- വോട്ടെടുപ്പ് (votteduppu) — Voting, the casting of votes, a poll; the day of voting is polling day.
- വ്യാഴാഴ്ച (vyaazhaazhcha) — Thursday, the fifth day of the week; literally the day of Jupiter.
- ശനിയാഴ്ച (shaniyaazhcha) — Saturday, the sixth day of the week, the day before Sunday and a half or full holiday for most schools and offices in Kerala.
- ശിശുദിനം (shishudinam) — Children's day (falling on November 14, Jawaharlal Nehru's birth day).
- സുദിനം (sudinam) — A good day, auspicious day.
The rest are particular kinds of day: avadhi is a holiday, theeyathi the date, pirannal a birthday, agrahhayanam a new year day, anudinam means daily, and adaykkuka is a verb about paying and about closing up for the day.
Common questions
How is day said in Malayalam?
Use ദിവസം (divasam) for a day.
What is a holiday called?
A holiday or day off is അവധി (avadhi).