Pen-name in Malayalam

A pen name is തൂലികാനാമം (thoolikaanaamam), literally a quill name, built from the literary word for pen and the word for name. It belongs to writing about literature, which is exactly where pen names come up. Say thoo-li-kaa-naa-mam.

Most common translation

തൂലികാനാമം (thoolikaanaamam)

Pen-name, pseudonym.

അവർ ഒരു തൂലികാനാമം ഉപയോഗിച്ചാണ് എഴുതിയത്.

avar oru thoolikaanaamam upayogichaanu ezhuthiyathu.

She wrote using a pen name.

Dictionary entry

It matches pseudonym as an author uses one; a false name used to deceive would be described in other words.

Common questions

How do you say pen-name in Malayalam?

Pen-name is തൂലികാനാമം (thoolikaanaamam).

Do Malayalam writers use pen names?

Several of the best known do, and thoolikaanaamam is the word critics use when they mention it.