Platform in Malayalam
A railway platform is പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോം (plaatphom), the English word settled into Malayalam and printed on every station board in Kerala. The same form does duty for a stage and, lately, for an online platform.
Most common translation
Platform. The raised place beside a railway track where passengers wait; also a stage or an online service.
ട്രെയിൻ മൂന്നാം പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോമിൽ വരും.
train moonnaam plaatphomil varum.
The train will come on platform three.
All Malayalam words for “platform”
- പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോം (plaatphom) — Platform. The raised place beside a railway track where passengers wait; also a stage or an online service.
- തിട്ട (thitta) — Raised bank, sand- hill, platform.
- പ്രാസാദം (praasaadam) — Palace, storied building, temple, platform.
- രംഗം (ramgam) — Stage, dais, platform, theatre stage, assembly, battlefield, colour, white lead (tin), dance, amusement, entertainment.
- ഗോദ (goda) — A raised platform filled with sand for wrestling.
- തറ (thara) — Floor, ground, field, raised platform, hut, village, sacrificial altar.
thitta, thara and goda are raised earthen or built platforms in the physical sense, while ramgam is a theatre stage, so none of them fits a station platform.
Common questions
How do you say platform in Malayalam?
പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോം (plaatphom), whether at a railway station or for an online service.
Which word is used for a stage?
രംഗം (ramgam) for a theatre stage, and തറ (thara) for a raised floor or dais.