Homesickness in Malayalam

That ache for home has its own noun in Malayalam: ഗൃഹാതുരത (grihathuratha). It covers homesickness and nostalgia, whether someone is away for a term or for years.

Most common translation

ഗൃഹാതുരത, ഗൃഹാതുരത്വം (grihathuratha)

Homesickness, nostalgia.

ഹോസ്റ്റലിൽ അവന് ഗൃഹാതുരത തോന്നി.

hostalil avanu grihathuratha thonni.

He felt homesick in the hostel.

Dictionary entry

Nothing else is listed, and the compound joins the word for home to a sense of longing, which is why nostalgia fits it too.

Common questions

How do you say homesickness in Malayalam?

The word is ഗൃഹാതുരത (grihathuratha), used of missing home.

Can it mean nostalgia in general?

Yes, it stretches to nostalgia, not only to being away from the house itself.