Hotel in Malayalam
In Kerala the everyday word is ഹോട്ടൽ (hottal), the English hotel taken straight into Malayalam and used above all of an eatery. Ask for a hotel on the roadside and you will be shown somewhere to eat rather than somewhere to sleep.
Restaurant; a place where food is sold and eaten; in Kerala the English word hotel is the everyday term for an eatery.
ഞങ്ങൾ ഹോട്ടലിൽ ഭക്ഷണം കഴിച്ചു.
njangal hottalil bhakshanam kazhichu.
We ate food at the restaurant.
All Malayalam words for “hotel”
- ഹോട്ടൽ (hottal) — Restaurant; a place where food is sold and eaten; in Kerala the English word hotel is the everyday term for an eatery.
- ഭക്ഷണശാല (bhakshanashaala) — Dining hall, hotel, restaurant.
- റെസ്റ്റോറന്റ് (restorantu) — Restaurant. An eating place where meals are served; in everyday Kerala speech a small one is simply called a hotel.
ഭക്ഷണശാല (bhakshanashaala) is the formal dining hall, and റെസ്റ്റോറന്റ് (restorantu) is the loan restaurant, kept for larger or fancier places than a plain hottal.
Common questions
How do you say hotel in Malayalam?
Say ഹോട്ടൽ (hottal), though in Kerala it usually points to a place to eat.
Which word means restaurant?
റെസ്റ്റോറന്റ് (restorantu) is the loan for restaurant, with ഭക്ഷണശാല (bhakshanashaala) as the formal dining hall.