Residents in Malayalam

Residents is താമസക്കാർ (thaamasakkaar), built from the verb for living somewhere plus the agentive ending that Malayalam uses for the people of a trade or a place. It is the word on flat association notices and in reports about a colony or a street.

Most common translation

താമസക്കാർ (thaamasakkaar)

Residents; people who live in a place, inhabitants of a house, flat or locality.

ഫ്ലാറ്റിലെ താമസക്കാർ യോഗം ചേർന്നു.

phlaattile thaamasakkaar yogam chernnu.

The residents of the flat held a meeting.

Dictionary entry

The word is already plural and is tied to a building, a street or a locality; the citizens of a country are named with a different word altogether.

Common questions

How do you say residents in Malayalam?

Say താമസക്കാർ (thaamasakkaar).

Does thaamasakkaar work for the people of a whole town?

It stretches that far in loose use, but it sits most naturally with a house, a flat complex or a neighbourhood.