Indian in Malayalam
Indian is ഇന്ത്യൻ (inthyan) in Malayalam, covering the people of India and whatever belongs to the country. The rest of this list is a mixture of plants, places and objects that English happens to describe as Indian.
Most common translation
Indian, of India, its people or its things.
ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭക്ഷണം രുചികരമാണ്.
inthyan bhakshanam ruchikaramaanu.
Indian food is tasty.
All Malayalam words for “indian”
- ഇന്ത്യൻ (inthyan) — Indian, of India, its people or its things.
- അകില് (akil) — A kind of sandalwood, the indian cedar tree.
- അമുക്കിരം (amukkiram) — Kind of Indian medicinal herb.
- കഞ്ചാവ് (kanchaav) — The Indian hemp, ganja, a narcotic drug.
- കമലം (kamalam) — Lotus, water, pheasant, the indian crane.
- കലിംഗം (kalingam) — The old name of the modern Indian state, Orissa.
- കാതം (katham) — An Indian league (about 16 kilo metres).
- കോൺഗ്രസ് (kongras) — Congress; the law-making body of a country such as the United States, also the name of the Indian National Congress party.
- നെല്ലിക്ക (nellikka) — The Indian gooseberry (fruit).
- പികം (pikam) — The Indian cuckoo, koel.
- പുന്ന (punna) — Indian laurel tree.
- ബലഹരി (balahari) — A tune or 'raga' in Indian classical music.
- റുപ്പിക (ruppika) — Rupee, an Indian (Asian) coin.
ഇന്ത്യൻ (inthyan) is the real equivalent; കഞ്ചാവ് (kanchaav) is hemp, അകില് (akil) a sandalwood tree, കമലം (kamalam) the lotus and കലിംഗം (kalingam) the old name of Orissa.
Common questions
How do you say indian in Malayalam?
ഇന്ത്യൻ (inthyan) is the adjective and also names a person from India.
Why are tree and herb names in the list?
Their English definitions begin with Indian, as with അമുക്കിരം (amukkiram), a medicinal herb; they are not translations of the adjective.