Multitude in Malayalam
A multitude of people is a കൂട്ടം (koottam), the plain word for a crowd or gathering. It works for a crowd at a bus stop as well as for a large assembly. Hold the double tt, koot-tam.
Most common translation
Assembly, multitude, crowd, caste, community, discussion, argument.
കുട്ടികളുടെ ഒരു കൂട്ടം ബസ് കാത്തുനിന്നു.
kuttikalude oru koottam basu kaatthuninnu
A group of children waited for the bus.
All Malayalam words for “multitude”
- കൂട്ടം (koottam) — Assembly, multitude, crowd, caste, community, discussion, argument.
- നികരം (nikaram) — Multitude, treasure, heap.
- പ്രകരം (prakaram) — Multitude, bouquet, aid, help.
- രാശി (raashi) — Multitude, heap, any one of the 12 signs of the Zodiac, a gold coin of olden times.
- ജനത (janatha) — People, multitude, the masses.
- പട (pada) — Army, multitude, stair.
- പ്രതിവ്യൂഹം (prathivyooham) — Array, multitude, rank.
- വൃന്ദം (vrindam) — Group, multitude, a heap, herd.
- ജാലകം (jaalakam) — Window, lattice-window, fresh flower bud, multitude, the calyx as it appears before budding, ornament for the head, fraud.
- നിര (nira) — A row, military array, multitude, wooden wall, series.
- പേടകം (pedakam) — Box, basket, case, multitude.
- വംശം (vamsham) — Clan, family, race, caste, community, multitude, bamboo, reed, flute, a kind of musical drum.
- സമൂഹം (samooham) — Community, a group, collection, crowd, multitude.
- പുരുഷാരം (purusharam) — A crowd or multitude of people.
കൂട്ടം (koottam) and ജനത (janatha) are multitudes of people, നികരം (nikaram), പ്രകരം (prakaram) and രാശി (raashi) are literary words for a heap or mass, and പട (pada) and പ്രതിവ്യൂഹം (prathivyooham) suggest an army drawn up in ranks.
Common questions
How do you say multitude in Malayalam?
കൂട്ടം (koottam) for a crowd, or ജനത (janatha) for the masses.
Which word is more literary?
നികരം (nikaram), which means a heap or multitude in formal writing.