Folk in Malayalam
Folk in the sense of ordinary people is പൊതുജനം (pothujanam) in Malayalam, a word that covers the public or the common people taken together. Newspapers, notices and speeches reach for it far more often than casual conversation does, where speakers simply name the group they mean. It is a collective noun, so it behaves as a singular.
The public, the masses, ordinary people, common folk.
പാർക്ക് പൊതുജനത്തിന് തുറന്നു കൊടുത്തു.
park pothujanathinu thurannu koduthu.
The park was opened to the public.
All Malayalam words for “folk”
- പൊതുജനം (pothujanam) — The public, the masses, ordinary people, common folk.
- നാടോടിക്കഥ (naadodikkatha) — Folk tale, story common or current in the country, folk story, folklore.
- സദസ്സ് (sadass) — An assembly, learned folk, audience.
നാടോടിക്കഥ (naadodikkatha) is not people at all but a folk tale, and സദസ്സ് (sadass) is an assembly or audience, sometimes a body of learned folk.
Common questions
How do you say folk in Malayalam?
Folk in the sense of ordinary people or the public is പൊതുജനം (pothujanam).
Which word means a folk tale?
A folk tale or piece of folklore is നാടോടിക്കഥ (naadodikkatha).