Festival in Malayalam
Kerala runs on festivals, and the word for one is ഉത്സവം (ulsavam), said with the l and s blended. It carries the feel of a temple festival with drums, elephants and crowds, and by extension any occasion of joy. A celebration in the broader sense has its own word.
Most common translation
Festival, celebration, sth. that gives pleasure or joy, an occasion of joy or merriment.
ഓണം കേരളത്തിലെ വലിയ ഉത്സവമാണ്.
onam keralathile valiya uthsavamanu.
Onam is a big festival in Kerala.
All Malayalam words for “festival”
- ഉത്സവം (ulsavam) — Festival, celebration, sth. that gives pleasure or joy, an occasion of joy or merriment.
- ആഘോഷം (aaghosham) — Festival, feast, celebration.
- മേള (mela) — An assembly, fair, market place, festival, meeting (together).
- അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram) — Urgency, urgent matter, religious ceremony that must be observed, celebration or festival, emergency.
- അത്തച്ചമയം (athachamayam) — The festival in the month of Chingom celebrated by the kings of Kochin.
- അത്തപ്പൂവ് (athapoovu) — The floral decoration in the courtyard of the house during the Onam festival in the month of Chingom.
- ആഘോഷിക്കുക (aaghoshikkuka) — Celebrate a festival, parade, revel.
- ആയുധപൂജ (aayudhapooja) — Worshipping of tools during the pooja festival.
- ക്രിസ്മസ് (krismas) — Christmas, the Christian festival on the twenty-fifth of December that marks the birth of Jesus.
- ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം (chalachithrolsavam) — Film festival.
- നവരാത്രി (navarathri) — A Hindu festival of nine day's duration in October.
- മാമാങ്കം (maamaankam) — A very great festival, a great festival held once in twelve years on the sand bed at Thirunavai in the month of 'Magha'(January-February).
- യുവജനോത്സവം (yuvajanolsavam) — Youth festival.
- രഥോത്സവം (ratholsavam) — Chariot festival (of temples).
- വിശേഷദിവസം (visheshadivasam) — Festival day.
ഉത്സവം suggests a festival people gather for, while ആഘോഷം is celebration in general with the verb ആഘോഷിക്കുക; അത്തച്ചമയം, ആയുധപൂജ and ക്രിസ്മസ് name particular festivals.
Common questions
How do you say festival in Malayalam?
ഉത്സവം (ulsavam).
What is the Onam floral decoration called?
The flower design laid in the courtyard during Onam is അത്തപ്പൂവ് (athapoovu).