Reader in Malayalam
A reader is വായനക്കാരന് (vaayanakkaaran), literally a reading person, from the noun for reading plus the agent ending kaaran. It is the word in a newspaper's letters column and in talk about readers of a book. The kk in the join is held.
Most common translation
One who reads, reader, one who plays on a musical instrument.
അവന് ഒരു നല്ല വായനക്കാരന് ആണ്.
avan oru nalla vaayanakkaaran aanu.
He is a good reader.
All Malayalam words for “reader”
- വായനക്കാരന് (vaayanakkaaran) — One who reads, reader, one who plays on a musical instrument.
- അനുവാചകന് (anuvachakan) — Reader.
അനുവാചകന് (anuvachakan) is the literary and critical term for a reader, favoured in essays on literature, and the agent ending on vaayanakkaaran is masculine, so writers switch endings when the reader is a woman.
Common questions
How do you say reader in Malayalam?
വായനക്കാരന് (vaayanakkaaran), one who reads.
Which word do literary critics use?
അനുവാചകന് (anuvachakan), the formal term for the reader as the receiver of a text.