Letter in Malayalam
A letter you post is കത്ത് (katthu) in Malayalam, the ordinary word for a written message. For writing as such, or a letter of the alphabet, the word is എഴുത്ത് (ezhuthu). Formal and literary Malayalam also keeps ലിഖിതം (ligitham) for a written document.
Most common translation
Letter, a written message sent to someone, a note by post.
ഞാൻ അമ്മയ്ക്ക് കത്ത് എഴുതി.
njaan ammaykku katthu ezhuthi.
I wrote a letter to my mother.
All Malayalam words for “letter”
- കത്ത് (katthu) — Letter, a written message sent to someone, a note by post.
- എഴുത്ത് (ezhuthu) — Letter, writing, epistle, drawing or sketching.
- കായിതം (kayitham) — Letter, note, epistle.
- ലിഖിതം (ligitham) — Letter, recorded, document, writing, book.
- കുറിപ്പ് (kuripp) — Note, letter, chit.
- സന്ദേശം (sandesham) — Message, letter, errand, intimation.
- വര്ണ്ണം (varnnam) — Colour, paint, pigment, caste, letter, flattery, decoration, vermilion, fragrant ointment, a term in music.
- അക്ഷരം (aksharam) — Letter word written message to sb, note.
- അധികാരപത്രം (adhikarapathram) — Credentials, documents showing authorization, authorization letter.
- അന്ത്യപ്രാസം (anthyaprasam) — Repetition of the same letter in the end of all the lines of a verse.
- കൂട്ടക്ഷരം (koottaksharam) — Compound letter, letter formed by joining more than one letter.
katthu is the letter sent by post, ezhuthu is writing or a written character, kuripp is a short note, and sandesham is a message or errand.
Common questions
How do you say letter in Malayalam?
കത്ത് (katthu) for a letter sent to someone.
How do you say a short note?
കുറിപ്പ് (kuripp).