Footstep in Malayalam

A footstep, the print or placing of a foot, is പാദം (padham). The word also means the foot itself and a line of verse. Devotional writing uses it for the feet of a god or a teacher.

Most common translation

പാദം (padham)

Foot, leg, one line of a verse, base (of a tree or mountain), footstep.

പാദം ചെളിയിൽ പുതഞ്ഞു.

paadam cheliyil puthanju.

The foot sank into the mud.

All Malayalam words for “footstep”

പാദം (padham) is the step or footprint, പദവിന്യാസം (padavinyaasam) the arrangement of steps as in dance, and പദന്യാസം (padanyaasam) a move or the placing of words.

Common questions

How do you say footstep in Malayalam?

പാദം (padham), a foot, a step or a footprint.

What is the word for footwork in dance?

പദവിന്യാസം (padavinyaasam), the patterned movement of the feet.