Letters in Malayalam
Letters in the sense of post are കത്തുകൾ (kathukal) in Malayalam, the plural of the word for a letter. Letters of the alphabet are a separate idea, gathered as അക്ഷരമാല (aksharamala), the set of letters in order. The postal service itself is തപാൽ (thapaal).
Most common translation
Letters. Written messages sent by post; letters of the alphabet are aksharangal.
പഴയ കത്തുകൾ ഞാൻ സൂക്ഷിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.
pazhaya kathukal njaan sookshicchittundu.
I have kept the old letters.
All Malayalam words for “letters”
- കത്തുകൾ (kathukal) — Letters. Written messages sent by post; letters of the alphabet are aksharangal.
- അക്ഷരമാല (aksharamala) — Set of letters in a fixed order, alphabet.
- അക്ഷരാഭ്യാസം (aksharabyasam) — Literacy, learning, the letters education.
- അക്ഷരി (akshari) — Having a certain number of letters, rainy season, season of plenty.
- അനുപ്രാസം (anuprasam) — Alliteration, repetition of similar letters in a line.
- കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ (kathaapaathrangal) — Characters; the persons in a story, film or play; letters of an alphabet are called aksharangal.
- കോഡ് (kod) — Code, a set of letters or numbers used as a key or identifier; also a body of rules.
- തപാൽ (thapaal) — Post. Letters and parcels sent by mail; the postal service.
- സെക്രട്ടറി (sekrattari) — Secretary, an office assistant who looks after letters and records; also the chief official of a club, party or department.
kathukal are written letters, aksharamala is the alphabet, thapaal is the post, and aksharabyasam is literacy rather than letters you can count.
Common questions
How do you say letters in Malayalam?
കത്തുകൾ (kathukal) for letters sent by post.
How do you say the letters of the alphabet?
അക്ഷരമാല (aksharamala), the ordered set of letters.