Record in Malayalam

As a noun, record is രേഖ (rekha): a written document, an entry kept as proof, the paper that settles an argument. The same word also means a line or a mark, and the documentary sense grew out of that. Two beats, light and quick.

Most common translation

രേഖ (rekha)

Document, a paper or written record, an official record kept as proof.

രേഖകൾ ബാങ്കിൽ കൊടുത്തു.

rekhakal baankil koduthu.

We gave the documents at the bank.

All Malayalam words for “record”

For the verb Malayalam uses രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുക (regappeduthuka), to set something down on record; അക്കൗണ്ട് (akkaunt) is the English word account, and ചരിത്രം (charithram) is history, which is a record only in the loose sense.

Common questions

How do you say record in Malayalam?

രേഖ (rekha) for a written record, and രേഖപ്പെടുത്തുക (regappeduthuka) for the act of recording something.

Does രേഖ (rekha) cover a sound recording or a sports record?

No. For those two senses Malayalis use the English word itself.