Nampoodiri in Malayalam
Nampoodiri is a community name carried over as it is, so there is no translation for it; the list gives an associated word instead. ഇല്ലം (illam) is a house, used especially of a Nampoodiri Brahmin household.
Most common translation
House esp, the house of a Nampoodiri (Brahmin).
ആ ഇല്ലം വളരെ പഴക്കമുള്ളതാണ്.
aa illam valare pazhakkamullathaanu.
That illam is very old.
All Malayalam words for “nampoodiri”
- ഇല്ലം (illam) — House esp, the house of a Nampoodiri (Brahmin).
- കല്ലടിക്കോടന് (kalldikkodan) — A peak of the Sahyan Mountains, a school of Kathakali introduced by Kalladikottu Nampoodiri.
ഇല്ലം (illam) names the house of such a family, and കല്ലടിക്കോടന് (kalldikkodan) is a Kathakali school founded by a Nampoodiri, so neither word means Nampoodiri itself.
Common questions
How do you say Nampoodiri in Malayalam?
The name stands unchanged; the related term here is ഇല്ലം (illam), a Nampoodiri house.
What is such a house called?
It is an ഇല്ലം (illam).