Ground in Malayalam
Ground underfoot is തറ (thara) in Malayalam, the word for the floor or the levelled earth of a yard. For ground as land or a site, സ്ഥലം (sthalam) is the usual pick, and the earth as a whole is ഭൂമി (bhoomi). Sitting on the ground is expressed with the verb ഇരിക്കുക (irikkuka).
Most common translation
Floor, ground, field, raised platform, hut, village, sacrificial altar.
തറ തുടച്ച് വൃത്തിയാക്കി.
thara thudachu vrithiyaakki.
The floor was wiped clean.
All Malayalam words for “ground”
- തറ (thara) — Floor, ground, field, raised platform, hut, village, sacrificial altar.
- സ്ഥലം (sthalam) — Tract of land, ground, floor, site, plot, place.
- ഭൂമി (bhoomi) — Earth, world, one of the five elements, floor, ground, country, land, countryside.
- ഇരിക്കുക (irikkuka) — Sit; to rest on a seat or on the ground, to take a seat; sitting, resting on a seat or on the ground; also staying in one place; sat; the past form of sit, to have been seated or to have taken a seat.
- ഉണങ്ങിയ (unangiya) — Dry, without moisture; dried, as of clothes, ground or firewood.
- ഉയരമുള്ള (uyaramulla) — High, tall; rising far above the ground.
- കബര് (kabar) — (Arab). burial ground, grave.
- ചതുപ്പ് (chathupp) — Bog, swamp, marsh, damp ground or soil.
- തേങ്ങ (thenga) — Coconut, the hard brown fruit of the coconut palm, grated or ground into most Kerala dishes.
- പട്ടട (pattada) — Burial ground, cremation ground, graveyard, funeral pyre.
- പുല്ല് (pullu) — Grass, the green plant that covers the ground and is eaten by cattle.
- പൂക്കളം (pookkalam) — Floral arrangement on the floor or ground.
- മന്നം (mannam) — Liquor shop, an assembling ground.
- സെമിത്തേരി (semitheri) — Cemetery, burial ground.
- സ്റ്റേഡിയം (stediyam) — Stadium; a large ground with seats around it for matches and sports events.
thara is the surface you stand on, sthalam a plot or place, and bhoomi the earth and land at large.
Common questions
How do you say ground in Malayalam?
തറ (thara) covers the ground or floor underfoot.
Which word fits a piece of ground for building?
സ്ഥലം (sthalam), a plot, site or tract of land.