Fiction in Malayalam
Fiction is കഥ (katha) in Malayalam, the general word for a story or tale. Kerala's literary magazines use it for the short story as a form, and in speech it means any made-up account. Two light syllables.
Most common translation
Story, fiction, tale.
മുത്തശ്ശി കഥ പറഞ്ഞുതന്നു.
mutthashi katha paranjuthannu.
Grandmother told us a story.
All Malayalam words for “fiction”
- കഥ (katha) — Story, fiction, tale.
- നോവല് (noval) — Novel, story, fiction.
നോവല് (noval) is the borrowed novel, a long work of fiction, so it names one particular form.
Common questions
How do you say fiction in Malayalam?
Say കഥ (katha).
What is a novel called?
നോവല് (noval).