Old in Malayalam
Old things are പഴയ (pazhaya) in Malayalam, the adjective for anything aged, second hand or stale. For times long past there is പണ്ടത്തെ (pandathe), of olden days, and for an old man കിഴവന് (kizhavan). Pick by whether you mean a thing, a period or a person.
Most common translation
Old, antique, stale.
ഇത് എന്റെ പഴയ സൈക്കിളാണ്.
ithu ente pazhaya saikkilanu.
This is my old bicycle.
All Malayalam words for “old”
- പഴയ (pazhaya) — Old, antique, stale.
- പണ്ടത്തെ (pandathe) — Old, ancient, of olden times.
- അമ്മൂമ്മ (ammoomma) — Grand mother, a very old woman.
- കലിംഗം (kalingam) — The old name of the modern Indian state, Orissa.
- കിഴവന് (kizhavan) — Old man.
- ക്രോശം (krosham) — Distance at which a man's call can be heard, audible distance, an old measure of distance.
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- ചെറുപ്പമായ (cheruppamaya) — Young; not old, early in life or growth.
- ജീര്ണ്ണം (jeernnam) — Old or decayed or digested.
- ജീര്ണ്ണത (jeernnatha) — Old age, decay, digestion.
- തറവാട് (tharavaad) — (ancestral) matriarchal family, ancestral family, old or respectable family or household.
- പരമ്പരാഗത (paramparaagatha) — Traditional, handed down from earlier generations; customary, in the old style.
- പഴകിയ (pazhakiya) — Having become old or mature, accustomed, habituated.
- പഴകുക (pazhakuka) — Become old or mature, become accustomed, be used to, become worn out.
- പഴങ്കഥ (pazhankatha) — Old story, ancient story, stories of antiquity.
- പഴമ (pazhama) — Old style or manner.
- പഴമക്കാര് (pazhamakkar) — Old fashioned people, people who know of olden times, old people, with ancient wisdom.
- പുരാണ (puraana) — Ancient, antiquarian, very old, antiquated, pert. to the Puranas or holy scriptures.
- പുരാണം (puranam) — Sacred or holy poetical work, legend, old history, mythology.
- പൂര്വ്വകഥ (poorvakatha) — Old story, beginning of the story.
- മ്യൂസിയം (myoosiyam) — Museum; a building where old or valuable things are kept on show.
- യാഥാസ്ഥിതിക (yaathaasthithika) — Conservative, holding to old customs and resisting change; in politics, one against reform.
- വയസ്സ് (vayass) — Age (in years), life time, youth, old age.
- വയോധികന് (vayodhikan) — Very old man.
- വൃദ്ധന് (vriddhan) — Old man.
- സംസാരം (samsaaram) — Conversation, talk, worldly relations, world, worldly life, worldly subject, wife and children (old Malayalam).
പഴയ describes an old object, പണ്ടത്തെ belongs to former times, കിഴവന് is an old man, അമ്മൂമ്മ a grandmother, and ചെറുപ്പമായ the opposite, young.
Common questions
How do you say old in Malayalam?
For an old thing say പഴയ (pazhaya).
How do you say an old man?
കിഴവന് (kizhavan).