Holiday in Malayalam
Ask about a day off in Kerala and the word you hear is അവധി (avadhi), used for a holiday and for leave from work or school. It appears on school notices and in office talk alike.
Most common translation
Holiday; a day off from work or school, leave.
ഇന്ന് സ്കൂളിന് അവധിയാണ്.
innu skoolinu avadhiyanu.
There is a holiday for school today.
All Malayalam words for “holiday”
- അവധി (avadhi) — Holiday; a day off from work or school, leave.
- ഒഴിവുദിവസം (ozhivudivasam) — Holiday, off day.
- ഒഴിവ് (ozhiv) — Holiday, leisure, method, remedy, leaving.
- മുടക്കം (mudakkam) — Stopping, hindrance, investment of capital, suspension of work, holiday.
- ശനിയാഴ്ച (shaniyaazhcha) — Saturday, the sixth day of the week, the day before Sunday and a half or full holiday for most schools and offices in Kerala.
ഒഴിവുദിവസം (ozhivudivasam) spells out an off day, ഒഴിവ് (ozhiv) adds senses of leisure and remedy, and മുടക്കം (mudakkam) is really a stoppage or suspension of work.
Common questions
How do you say holiday in Malayalam?
Say അവധി (avadhi), the common word for a holiday or leave.
Which word means a weekly off day?
ഒഴിവുദിവസം (ozhivudivasam) names an off day, and ശനിയാഴ്ച (shaniyaazhcha) is Saturday, a half or full holiday for many in Kerala.