Home-work in Malayalam

School home-work is ഗൃഹപാഠം (grihapaadam) in Malayalam, the lesson set to be done at home. Teachers and textbooks use the term, though families often simply say the English word.

Most common translation

ഗൃഹപാഠം (grihapaadam)

Home-work.

കുട്ടി വൈകുന്നേരം ഗൃഹപാഠം ചെയ്തു.

kutti vaikunneram grihapaadam cheythu.

The child did homework in the evening.

Dictionary entry

A single compound serves here, built from the words for home and lesson, which is exactly how the sense is read.

Common questions

How do you say home-work in Malayalam?

It is ഗൃഹപാഠം (grihapaadam), the work given to be finished at home.

Does the word change in the plural?

It is normally used as a mass noun, covering all the work set, rather than counted piece by piece.