Foreigner in Malayalam

A foreigner is അന്യദേശക്കാരന്‍ (anyadeshakkaran) in Malayalam, literally a person of another country. It is the neutral term for someone from abroad. Say an-ya-de-shak-kaa-ran.

Most common translation

അന്യദേശക്കാരന്‍ (anyadeshakkaran)

Foreigner.

ചന്തയിൽ ഒരു അന്യദേശക്കാരന്‍ സാധനം വാങ്ങി.

chanthayil oru anyadeshakkaran saadhanam vaangi.

A foreigner bought goods at the market.

All Malayalam words for “foreigner”

അന്യദേശക്കാരന്‍ (anyadeshakkaran) is neutral and descriptive, പരദേശി (paradheshi) also means foreigner but often suggests a stranger far from home, and വരത്തന്‍ (varathan) adds the flavour of an uninvited outsider.

Common questions

How do you say foreigner in Malayalam?

അന്യദേശക്കാരന്‍ (anyadeshakkaran) is the plain word for someone from another country.

Which word can sound unfriendly?

വരത്തന്‍ (varathan) carries the sense of an unwanted outsider.