Rural in Malayalam
Rural areas are നാട്ടിന്പുറം (naattinpuram), literally the land beyond the town, a word that doubles as countryside. നാട്ടുമ്പുറം (naattumburam) is the same word in a variant spelling.
Most common translation
Country side, rural area, rustic place.
അവധിക്കാലം നാട്ടിൻപുറത്ത് ചെലവഴിച്ചു.
avadhikkaalam naattinpurathu chelavazhichu.
The vacation was spent in the countryside.
All Malayalam words for “rural”
- നാട്ടിന്പുറം (naattinpuram) — Country side, rural area, rustic place.
- ദേശം (desham) — Nation, country, direction, rural community, locality.
- നാട്ടുമ്പുറം (naattumburam) — Country side, rustic place, rural area.
desham means country in the sense of a nation or locality and is far too broad for rural; since naattinpuram is a noun, rural schools comes out as schools of the countryside.
Common questions
How do you say rural in Malayalam?
നാട്ടിന്പുറം (naattinpuram), the word for countryside.
Is there a separate adjective for rural?
Not in this list. The noun നാട്ടിന്പുറം (naattinpuram) is attached to the thing described.