Road in Malayalam
In Kerala a road is റോഡ് (rodu), the English word written in Malayalam letters and used by everyone from the bus conductor to the public works engineer. Road names across the state are built with it.
Most common translation
Road. A made way for vehicles and people to travel on; highway.
റോഡ് മുറിച്ചു കടക്കുമ്പോൾ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കണം.
rodu murichu kadakkumpol shraddhikkanam.
Be careful when crossing the road.
All Malayalam words for “road”
- റോഡ് (rodu) — Road. A made way for vehicles and people to travel on; highway.
- അലറുക (alaruka) — Road, cry aloud.
- നിരത്ത് (nirath) — Road, street, pavement.
- വഴി (vazhi) — Path, road, way, turn, order, lineage, inheritance, means.
- ഉപയോക്താക്കൾ (upayokthaakkal) — Users; the people who use a thing or a service, such as an app, a road or a library.
- ചുരം (churam) — Difficult ghat road, steep ascent, narrow mountain pass.
- ട്രാഫിക് (traaphik) — Traffic, the vehicles moving along a road; also the jam and rush of such vehicles.
- തട്ടുകട (thattukada) — A small shop on wheels, a shop on a cart selling fast food by the road side, cart-eatery.
- തെരുവ് (theruvu) — Street. A road in a town with houses or shops along it; lane.
- നടപ്പുവഴി (nadappuvazhi) — Path or road commonly used by people.
- പാലം (paalam) — Bridge; a structure built across a river, road or valley to cross over.
- ബസ് (basu) — Bus, a large road vehicle that carries many passengers.
- വാഹനങ്ങൾ (vaahanangal) — Vehicles, cars, buses, lorries and other means of road transport.
vazhi is a way or path in the wider sense, theruvu a street with houses and shops, nirath a formal word for a made road, and churam a mountain ghat road; alaruka is in this list through an odd secondary sense and normally means to roar.
Common questions
How do you say road in Malayalam?
Say റോഡ് (rodu), the borrowed word in Malayalam script.
Which word fits a footpath or a way?
വഴി (vazhi), which covers a path, a way and a route.