Seat in Malayalam

പീഠം (peedam) is a seat in the sense of a stool, a pedestal or a raised place to sit, and it carries a ceremonial ring: an idol stands on a peedam and so does a teacher of a tradition. It is the word of temple and formal contexts rather than of the phrase take a seat.

Most common translation

പീഠം (peedam)

Seat, stool, pedestal for placing an idol, etc., altar, throne, school, institute.

മുറ്റത്ത് ഒരു മരത്തിന്റെ പീഠം ഉണ്ട്.

muttathu oru marathinte peedam undu.

There is a wooden stool in the yard.

All Malayalam words for “seat”

sthaanam and aasthaanam are seat in the figurative sense, a position, a rank or a headquarters, and irikkuka is the verb to sit; israayel is a country entry with nothing to do with the English word.

Common questions

How do you say seat in Malayalam?

പീഠം (peedam) for a physical seat or pedestal; a seat as a post is സ്ഥാനം (sthaanam).

Which word fits a seat in an assembly?

സ്ഥാനം (sthaanam), which covers place, position and rank.