Polite in Malayalam
This set gives you the person rather than the quality: മര്യാദക്കാരന് (maryaadakkaran) is a polite, well mannered man, and in Kerala it is real praise. To call behaviour polite, Malayalam builds a phrase on the same root for good manners.
മര്യാദക്കാരന് (maryaadakkaran)
Polite, good-mannered person, one who is civil and decent or well-behaved, gentleman.
ഞങ്ങളുടെ അയൽക്കാരൻ നല്ല മര്യാദക്കാരന് ആണ്.
njangalude ayalkkaaran nalla maryaadakkaran aanu.
Our neighbour is a very polite man.
All Malayalam words for “polite”
- മര്യാദക്കാരന് (maryaadakkaran) — Polite, good-mannered person, one who is civil and decent or well-behaved, gentleman.
- ദയവായി (dayavaayi) — Please, a polite word used when asking for something.
dayavaayi is the polite word please, listed here only because it is used in polite requests, and it is not an adjective.
Common questions
How do you say polite in Malayalam?
മര്യാദക്കാരന് (maryaadakkaran) names a polite, well behaved person; the adjective is formed from the same root for good manners.
Is the word used of women too?
The form given is masculine, and Malayalam has a matching feminine form built the same way.