North in Malayalam
The compass direction north is വടക്ക് (vadakku) in Malayalam, heard constantly in directions and place names. It names both the direction and the northern side of something. Several country and place entries follow it here only because north appears in their descriptions.
Most common translation
North, the northern direction or side.
ഞങ്ങളുടെ ജനൽ വടക്ക് ഭാഗത്താണ്.
njangalude janal vadakku bhaagatthaanu.
Our window is on the north side.
All Malayalam words for “north”
- വടക്ക് (vadakku) — North, the northern direction or side.
- കാനഡ (kaanada) — Canada, the country in the north of North America.
- കാശി (kashi) — The holy city of Kashi (Banaras)in North India.
- കൊറിയ (koriya) — Korea. A country in East Asia, now divided into South Korea and North Korea.
- തുലാവര്ഷം (thulaavarsham) — North East monsoon.
- പുരളി (purali) — Fort, mountain, North Kottayam.
- മെക്സിക്കോ (meksikko) — Mexico; a country in North America, lying south of the United States.
- യൂറോപ്പ് (yooropp) — Europe, the continent to the north of the Mediterranean.
- വടക്കൻ (vadakkan) — Northern, belonging to or lying in the north; of the northern side.
- സ്കോട്ട്ലൻഡ് (skottlandu) — Scotland; a country in the north of the United Kingdom, with Edinburgh as its capital.
വടക്ക് is the direction word; കാനഡ, കാശി, കൊറിയ and മെക്സിക്കോ are proper names, and തുലാവര്ഷം is the north east monsoon.
Common questions
How do you say north in Malayalam?
Say വടക്ക് (vadakku).
What is the north east monsoon called?
It is തുലാവര്ഷം (thulaavarsham), the rains that come in the Malayalam month of Thulam.