Hut in Malayalam
A simple hut or cottage is കുടില് (kudil). The word has a gentle, slightly poetic warmth and is common in songs and stories about village life. It ends in the retroflex l, with the tongue touching the roof of the mouth.
Cottage, hut.
പുഴയോരത്ത് ഒരു ചെറിയ കുടില് ഉണ്ട്.
puzhayorathu oru cheriya kudil undu
There is a small hut by the river.
All Malayalam words for “hut”
- കുടില് (kudil) — Cottage, hut.
- പുര (pura) — Building, hut, room.
- ചേരി (cheri) — Street, village, hut, slum, a party or faction, crowd, one of the two sides (blocs) in a dispute.
- തറ (thara) — Floor, ground, field, raised platform, hut, village, sacrificial altar.
- ഏറുമാടം (earumadam) — Hut on stakes on top of trees (to watch wild animals etc.).
കുടില് is the general word for a hut; പുര (pura) is any small building or room, ഏറുമാടം (earumadam) is specifically a watch-hut raised on stakes, തറ (thara) is mainly a platform or floor, and ചേരി (cheri) means a cluster of poor dwellings rather than a single hut.
Common questions
How do you say hut in Malayalam?
കുടില് (kudil), the ordinary word for a hut or small cottage.
Is kudil a negative word?
Not really; it describes a small, modest dwelling and often sounds affectionate, whereas ചേരി (cheri) means a slum and can be loaded.