Door in Malayalam
Door is വാതില് (vaathil), one of the first words a learner picks up. The first syllable is long, vaa-thil, and it names both the door and the doorway. Every house in Kerala has one and everyone calls it this.
Most common translation
Door, entrance.
അതിഥി വന്നപ്പോള് അമ്മ വാതില് തുറന്നു.
athithi vannappol amma vaathil thurannu.
Mother opened the door when the guest came.
All Malayalam words for “door”
- വാതില് (vaathil) — Door, entrance.
- വാതിൽ (vaathil) — Door, the panel that closes the entrance of a room or house, a doorway.
- കതക് (kathak) — Leaf of a door, a door, shutter.
- നട (nada) — Gait, door, entrance to temple, path, foot steps.
- ദ്വാരം (dwaaram) — Hole, cleft, door, gate.
- പുഴ (puzha) — A small river, narrow path, door, hole (in a door or wall), broken fence.
- പ്രവേശം (pravesham) — Entry, admittance, access, door, possessedness.
- പ്രവേശനം (praveshanam) — Entering, getting in, door, gate, entrance.
- 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.
- അയൽക്കാരൻ (ayalkkaaran) — Neighbour, a person living in the house next door or close by.
- ഏകമുഖ (eakamukha) — Face directed towards one object only, having only one entrance or door, having only one aim or objective, having only one way, or aspect, single-faced.
- കടമ്പ (kadamba) — Stile, wicket -door in a fence, obstruction, obstacle.
- കട്ടള (kattala) — Frame of a door.
- ഗേറ്റ് (gettu) — Gate, the door in a wall or fence at the entrance of a compound.
- തുറക്കുക (thurakkuka) — Opened, past of open; made a door, box or shop open; unfastened or started business.
- മുന്വാതില് (munvaathil) — Front door.
വാതില് is the door or doorway, കതക് (kathak) is the shutter or leaf that swings, ദ്വാരം (dwaaram) is an opening or gateway, and നട (nada) is the entrance to a temple.
Common questions
How do you say door in Malayalam?
വാതില് (vaathil) is the word for a door.
What do you call the panel of the door?
കതക് (kathak), the leaf or shutter of a door.