Shore in Malayalam
തീരം (theeram) is the shore or bank, used of a river as readily as of the sea, and it is the word in place names and in writing. For the sea shore specifically speakers say കടല്ത്തീരം (kadaltheeram).
Most common translation
Bank (of a river etc.), shore.
ഞങ്ങള് പുഴയുടെ തീരത്ത് ഇരുന്നു.
njangal puzhayude theerathu irunnu.
We sat on the bank of the river.
All Malayalam words for “shore”
- തീരം (theeram) — Bank (of a river etc.), shore.
- കര (kara) — Shore, bank, land, part of a village, border line of a cloth dhoti.
- ഇക്കര (ikkara) — This shore, this bank, proximal shore.
- കടല്ത്തീരം (kadaltheeram) — Sea shore, coast.
- ചിക്കാഗോ (chikkaago) — Chicago, a large city in the United States, on the shore of Lake Michigan.
- തീരദേശ (theeradesha) — Coastal, of the sea shore or the land lying near it.
കര (kara) is land as opposed to water, so coming to kara is coming ashore, while ikkara is this side of the water and theeradesha is the adjective coastal.
Common questions
How do you say shore in Malayalam?
തീരം (theeram) for a shore or bank, കടല്ത്തീരം (kadaltheeram) for the sea shore.
Which word do you use for reaching dry land?
കര (kara), the word for land as against water.