Radio in Malayalam
Radio is റേഡിയോ (rediyo), the English word written in Malayalam letters and said much as in English, with a short e at the front. It covers the set in the corner and the medium as a whole. Older speakers still use it for All India Radio broadcasts by habit.
Most common translation
Radio.
അച്ഛൻ രാവിലെ റേഡിയോ കേൾക്കും.
achchhan raavile rediyo kelkkum.
Father listens to the radio in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “radio”
- റേഡിയോ (rediyo) — Radio.
- വാര്ത്താമാധ്യമം (vaarthaamaadhyamam) — News medium (like news paper, radio, television, etc.).
- ചാനൽ (chaanal) — Channel, a television or radio station; also a route or passage through which water or news flows.
- വാണിജ്യപരമായ (vaanijyaparamaaya) — Commercial, to do with trade or business, done for profit; as a noun it also means a radio or television advertisement.
There is no native coinage in common use; വാര്ത്താമാധ്യമം (vaarthaamaadhyamam) is the general term for a news medium, which includes radio but is not the word for it.
Common questions
How do you say radio in Malayalam?
റേഡിയോ (rediyo), the borrowed word in Malayalam script.
What do you call a radio station?
ചാനൽ (chaanal), the loan word channel, or the word for station, both borrowed and both in daily use.