Jail in Malayalam
Jail is ജയിൽ (jayil) in Malayalam, the English word taken in and used by everyone, the courts included. Two syllables, ja-yil. The older native word survives mainly in writing.
Most common translation
Prison; the jail where people convicted of crimes are kept.
പോലീസ് കള്ളനെ ജയിലിൽ അടച്ചു.
polees kallane jayilil adachu.
The police put the thief in prison.
All Malayalam words for “jail”
- ജയിൽ (jayil) — Prison; the jail where people convicted of crimes are kept.
- തുറുങ്ക് (thurunk) — Jail, goal, prison.
- തടവിലിടുക (thadaviliduka) — Imprison, put in jail.
jayil is the everyday word for a jail, thurunk the older term for a prison or lock-up, and thadaviliduka the verb to put someone in jail.
Common questions
How do you say jail in Malayalam?
ജയിൽ (jayil), prison or jail.
How do you say to put in jail?
thadaviliduka, to imprison.