Home in Malayalam
Home is വീട് (veed) in Malayalam, the word for the house a family lives in. It covers the building and the household together, much as home does in English. Short and entirely everyday, it is one of the first words learners pick up.
Most common translation
House, home, family.
ഞങ്ങളുടെ വീട് ചെറുതാണ്.
njangalude veedu cheruthaanu.
Our house is small.
All Malayalam words for “home”
- വീട് (veed) — House, home, family.
- നിലയം (nilayam) — Home, institution, place, destruction, flood.
- സദനം (sadanam) — Home, house, abode.
- അനാഥമന്ദിരം (anadamandiram) — Orphanage, poor home.
- അമ്മാത്ത് (ammathu) — Mother's ancestral home.
- ആഭ്യന്തരമന്ത്രി (aabhyantharamanthri) — Home minister.
- ആഭ്യന്തരവകുപ്പ് (aabhyantharavakupp) — Department of home affairs or internal affairs.
- ഗാർഹിക (gaarhika) — Domestic, relating to the home or household; for within the country Malayalam uses aabhyanthara.
- പ്രവാസി (pravasi) — Expatriate, emigrant, one who lives away from home or homeland (voluntary) exile.
- ഫ്ലാറ്റ് (phlaattu) — Apartment. A flat; a set of rooms in a larger building used as a home.
- വീട്ടുകാർ (veettukaar) — Household, the people living together in one house, a family and its home.
veed is a home or house, sadanam is a formal word for an abode, and nilayam names an institution or establishment rather than a family home.
Common questions
How do you say home in Malayalam?
Say വീട് (veed).
Which word is used in names of institutions?
നിലയം (nilayam) appears in the names of institutions and centres, as in a home for orphans, അനാഥമന്ദിരം (anadamandiram).