Plays in Malayalam
As a noun meaning games, plays is കളികൾ (kalikal), the plural of the word for a game. For the verb, as in she plays well, Malayalam uses the present form of കളിക്കുക (kalikkuka).
Most common translation
Games, sports, plays.
കുട്ടികൾക്ക് പല കളികൾ അറിയാം.
kuttikalkku pala kalikal ariyaam.
The children know many games.
All Malayalam words for “plays”
- കളികൾ (kalikal) — Games, sports, plays.
- കളിക്കാരൻ (kalikkaran) — Player, one who plays a game, a member of a sports team.
- കളിക്കുക (kalikkuka) — Play, amuse, stage plays, etc.
- ടീം (teem) — Team, a group that plays or works together.
- പ്രകരണം (prakaranam) — Chapter, section, occasion, opportunity, treatise esp. on a technical one, one of the ten kinds of stage plays.
- വാദി (vaadi) — Pleading, petitioning, speaking, contending; plaintiff, one who pleads, spokesman, petitioner, one who plays on a musical instrument, scholar.
- വാദ്യക്കാരന് (vaadyakkaaran) — One who plays on a musical instrument.
- വായനക്കാരന് (vaayanakkaaran) — One who reads, reader, one who plays on a musical instrument.
prakaranam lists stage plays among its senses but means a chapter or treatise, and kalikkaran, vaadi and vaadyakkaaran are people who play rather than the plays themselves.
Common questions
How do you say plays in Malayalam?
കളികൾ (kalikal) for games or plays as a noun; the verb comes from കളിക്കുക (kalikkuka).
Is there a single word here for theatre plays?
No; these candidates cover games, players and chapters, not drama.