Direction in Malayalam
Direction on a map or compass is ദിശ (disha), a short and very usable word. It takes two syllables, di-sha, and appears in weather reports, road talk and formal writing. For direction as an instruction, Malayalam uses a separate word entirely.
Most common translation
Direction, border, side, space.
നാല് ദിശകളിലും കാറ്റ് വീശി.
naalu dishakalilum kaattu veeshi.
The wind blew in all four directions.
All Malayalam words for “direction”
- ദിശ (disha) — Direction, border, side, space.
- ചോദകം (chodakam) — Suggestion, direction, invitation, inspiration, inducement.
- ഗതി (gathi) — Course, movement, gait, direction, protection, refuge, salvation, (gram.) preposition.
- ദേശം (desham) — Nation, country, direction, rural community, locality.
- നിര്ദ്ദേശം (nirddesham) — Suggestion, advice, direction, instruction, order, hint, proposal.
- പ്രദര്ശം (pradarsham) — View, sight, look, appearance, direction, sharp point.
- പ്രദേശം (pradesham) — Territory, area, direction, country, certainty.
- മുഖം (mugam) — Face, aspect, visage, front, facade, main part, direction, beginning, entrance, Veda, the preliminary phase or stage in the plot of a drama.
- സംവിധാനം (samvidhaanam) — Preparation, planning, composition, organising, direction.
- കിഴക്ക് (kizhakku) — East, the direction in which the sun rises.
- തിരിഞ്ഞു (thirinju) — Turned, turned round, changed direction; past form of to turn.
- തിരിയുന്നു (thiriyunnu) — Turns; the present form of thiriyuka, to turn or rotate or change direction; a turn in a queue is oozham.
- തെക്ക് (thekku) — South, the southern direction or side.
- ദിശാബോധം (dishaabodham) — Sense of direction.
- നേരെ (nere) — Toward; in the direction of, facing. Malayalam usually shows this with the ending lekku added to the noun.
- പടിഞ്ഞാറ് (padinjaaru) — West, the direction where the sun sets; the western side.
- വടക്ക് (vadakku) — North, the northern direction or side.
ദിശ is the compass direction, നിര്ദ്ദേശം (nirddesham) is a direction in the sense of an instruction, ഗതി (gathi) is the course something is moving on, and ദേശം (desham) is a region or quarter.
Common questions
How do you say direction in Malayalam?
ദിശ (disha) is the word for direction or side.
How do you say directions as in instructions?
നിര്ദ്ദേശം (nirddesham), used for instructions, advice and orders.