Length in Malayalam
Length is നീളം (neelam) in Malayalam, the plain word used for cloth, roads and every kind of measurement. ദീര്ഘത (deerghatha) says the same in a Sanskritic register, and നെടുപ്പം (neduppam) is a homelier variant. The adjective long is നീളമുള്ള (neelamulla).
Most common translation
Length, height.
തുണിയുടെ നീളം രണ്ടു മീറ്റര് വേണം.
thuniyude neelam randu meettar venam.
We need two metres length of cloth.
All Malayalam words for “length”
- നീളം (neelam) — Length, height.
- ദീര്ഘത (deerghatha) — Length, height.
- നെടുപ്പം (neduppam) — Length, height.
- കാലുകൾ (kaalukal) — Feet, the plural of foot, the parts of the body you stand on; as a unit of length adi is used; legs. The limbs used for standing and walking; also the supports of a table or chair.
- കൂടുതൽ നീളമുള്ള (kooduthal neelamulla) — Longer, greater in length or in time than something else.
- ചങ്ങല (changala) — Chain shackles, a measurement of length (22 yards).
- ത്രിമാനം (thrimanam) — Three dimensions:length, breadth and thickness.
- ദൈർഘ്യം (dairghyam) — Duration, the length of time something lasts.
- നീളമുള്ള (neelamulla) — Long; having great length from end to end.
- ഹ്രസ്വ (hraswa) — Short, small, reduced in length.
neelam is the everyday noun, deerghatha and neduppam are its formal and colloquial counterparts, and changala names an old measure of twenty-two yards.
Common questions
How do you say length in Malayalam?
നീളം (neelam).
How do you say long?
നീളമുള്ള (neelamulla), the adjective from the same root.