Picture in Malayalam
A picture is ചിത്രം (chithram), whether it is drawn, painted or photographed. Say chi-thram. The word also means a film, which is how Malayalam cinema talk uses it.
Most common translation
Picture, a drawing, painting or photograph of something.
ഭിത്തിയിൽ ഒരു ചിത്രം തൂക്കി.
bhitthiyil oru chithram thookki.
A picture was hung on the wall.
All Malayalam words for “picture”
- ചിത്രം (chithram) — Picture, a drawing, painting or photograph of something.
- ആലേഖ്യം (aalekhyam) — Picture, writing, painting.
- പ്രതിച്ഛായ (prathichaaya) — Reflection, image, picture, photo, similarity, resemblance.
- പ്രതിമാനം (prathimanam) — Specimen, sample, image, idol, resemblance, picture, shadow, the space between the two tusks of an elephant, weight.
- പ്രതിരൂപം (prathiroopam) — Image, reflection, picture.
- ആലേഖം (aalekham) — Writing picture, record, document, inscription.
- ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക (chithreekarikkuka) — Picturize, depict, see as in a picture.
- ഫോട്ടോ (photto) — Photo, a photograph, a picture taken with a camera.
- വീഡിയോ (veediyo) — Video, a recorded moving picture, a clip.
- സിനിമ (sinima) — Film, a movie shown in a cinema or on television; photographic film is called philim; movie, a film, a motion picture.
ആലേഖ്യം (aalekhyam) is the literary word for a picture or painting, and പ്രതിച്ഛായ (prathichaaya) is a reflected image rather than a made one.
Common questions
How do you say picture in Malayalam?
Picture is ചിത്രം (chithram).
Does chithram also mean film?
Yes. In writing about cinema it is the regular word for a motion picture.