Horoscope in Malayalam
A horoscope is ജാതകം (jaathakam) in Malayalam, the chart drawn up at a person's birth. The word is everywhere in Kerala life, from marriage talks to casual remarks about luck. Say it jaa-tha-kam, with a long first syllable.
Horoscope.
ജ്യോതിഷി കുട്ടിയുടെ ജാതകം വായിച്ചു.
jyothishi kuttiyude jaathakam vaayichu.
The astrologer read the child's horoscope.
All Malayalam words for “horoscope”
- ജാതകം (jaathakam) — Horoscope.
- ജന്മപത്രം (janmapathram) — Horoscope.
- പഞ്ചാംഗം (panchaamgam) — Almanac, calendar, horoscope, priesthood.
- നക്ഷത്രം (nakshathram) — Star. A star in the sky; also the birth star in a horoscope.
- പൊരുത്തം (porutham) — Fitness, harmony, match, agreement, matching of the horoscope (of the bride and bride-groom).
ജാതകം (jaathakam) is the ordinary word for a horoscope and ജന്മപത്രം (janmapathram) is its more formal equivalent, literally the birth document. പഞ്ചാംഗം (panchaamgam) is the almanac used to calculate it, and പൊരുത്തം (porutham) is the matching of two horoscopes before a marriage.
Common questions
How do you say horoscope in Malayalam?
ജാതകം (jaathakam) is the everyday word, with ജന്മപത്രം (janmapathram) as a more formal alternative.
What is horoscope matching called?
പൊരുത്തം (porutham), which means fitness or agreement, is the term for matching the horoscopes of a prospective bride and groom.