Kerala in Malayalam
The name Kerala itself is not among these options. What they offer instead are things bound up with the state, such as കഥകളി (kadhakali), its classical dance-drama, and തേങ്ങ (thenga), the coconut that goes into most of its cooking. The place name belongs to a separate entry.
Classical dance-drama of Kerala, Kathakali.
ഉത്സവത്തിന് അന്ന് കഥകളി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
ulsavathinu annu kadhakali undaayirunnu.
There was Kathakali at the festival that day.
All Malayalam words for “kerala”
- കഥകളി (kadhakali) — Classical dance-drama of Kerala, Kathakali.
- അളിയാ (aliya) — Dude; the casual word friends use to address each other in Kerala, roughly man or mate.
- കസിൻ (kasin) — Cousin, the child of one's uncle or aunt, in Kerala speech the English word is used as it is.
- കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku) — Pepper. Black pepper, the spice grown widely in Kerala.
- കേരളമാഹാത്മ്യം (keralamaahaathmyam) — An ancient work dealing with the greatness of Kerala.
- കോർപ്പറേഷൻ (korpparesan) — Corporation, a large company; in Kerala also the elected government of a big city, as in Kochi Corporation.
- ചാകര (chakara) — Occurring of mud-banks and appearance of plenty of fish for a short period at some places along the Kerala coast during the monsoon, (idm) a season of plenty, plentifulness.
- തേങ്ങ (thenga) — Coconut, the hard brown fruit of the coconut palm, grated or ground into most Kerala dishes.
- തോമസ് (thomasu) — Thomas, a male given name and surname, very common among Christians in Kerala.
- പരിശീലകൻ (parisheelakan) — Coach, a trainer who teaches a team or a player; in everyday Kerala speech the English word koch is also used.
- പെരുമനം (perumanam) — One of the 64 villages in ancient Kerala.
- പോറ്റി (potti) — Protector, a Tulu Brahmin, a member of a sect of Kerala Brahmins.
- മഞ്ഞ് (manju) — Snow. Snow, and in Kerala usage also mist, fog or dew.
- മോഹിനിയാട്ടം (mohiniyaattam) — A dance form in Kerala formerly performed by Devadasis (women dedicated to temple service), a kind of nautch dance.
- റെസ്റ്റോറന്റ് (restorantu) — Restaurant. An eating place where meals are served; in everyday Kerala speech a small one is simply called a hotel.
- ലോറി (lori) — Truck; a large vehicle for carrying goods, called a lorry in Kerala.
- ശനിയാഴ്ച (shaniyaazhcha) — Saturday, the sixth day of the week, the day before Sunday and a half or full holiday for most schools and offices in Kerala.
- സെന്റ് (sentu) — Cent, a hundredth part of a dollar; in Kerala also a unit of land area of about forty square metres.
- ഹോട്ടൽ (hottal) — Restaurant; a place where food is sold and eaten; in Kerala the English word hotel is the everyday term for an eatery.
Every option here is a Kerala-flavoured noun rather than the state, from കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku), the pepper grown there, to അളിയാ (aliya), the casual way friends address one another.
Common questions
How do you say Kerala in Malayalam?
The state name is missing from this list, which names Kerala things instead, such as കഥകളി (kadhakali).
Which of these words come up every day?
തേങ്ങ (thenga) and കുരുമുളക് (kurumulaku), the coconut and pepper of any Kerala kitchen.