Southern in Malayalam
Southern is തെക്കൻ (thekkan), the adjective that marks anything belonging to the south, from a wind to a dialect. It also stands alone as a noun for a southerner. Two syllables, with the double k pronounced firmly.
Most common translation
Southern, belonging to or lying in the south; of the southern side.
തെക്കൻ കേരളത്തിൽ ചൂട് കൂടുതലാണ്.
thekkan keralatthil choodu kooduthalaanu.
It is hotter in southern Kerala.
All Malayalam words for “southern”
- തെക്കൻ (thekkan) — Southern, belonging to or lying in the south; of the southern side.
- ഇറ്റലി (ittali) — Italy. A country in southern Europe, known for Rome, art and food.
- ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ (ostreliya) — Australia, the country and continent in the southern hemisphere.
- ടെക്സസ് (teksas) — Texas; a large state in the southern part of the United States.
- തെക്ക് (thekku) — South, the southern direction or side.
- തെന്നല് (thennal) — Southern wind, zephyr, breeze, slipping, sliding.
- ധ്രുവപ്രദേശം (dhruvapradesham) — Polar region (northern or southern).
തെക്ക് (thekku) is the noun south, the direction itself, and തെന്നല് (thennal) is a southern breeze specifically. The country and state names here match only through the word southern inside their definitions.
Common questions
How do you say southern in Malayalam?
തെക്കൻ (thekkan) is the adjective for southern.
What is a south wind called?
തെന്നല് (thennal), a soft wind from the south, a word with a pleasant ring that poetry uses often.