Sport in Malayalam
Sport is കളി (kali), the everyday word that covers a game, a match and play of any kind. Children shouting about a game and a newspaper headline about a match both use it. Two syllables, with the l lightly rolled.
Most common translation
Game, play, a match or sport.
കുട്ടികൾ മുറ്റത്ത് കളി തുടങ്ങി.
kuttikal muttatthu kali thudangi.
The children started the game in the yard.
All Malayalam words for “sport”
- കളി (kali) — Game, play, a match or sport.
- ലാസം (laasam) — Sport, jumping, dancing, joviality, playing about, juice, emulsion, ointment.
- ലസിക്കുക (lasikkuka) — Shine, sport, be playful.
- വിലാസം (vilaasam) — Play, sport, dalliance, coquetry, blandishment, address.
- കളിയടുക (kaliyaduka) — Play, rejoice, sport, shine, gleam.
- കളിക്കാർ (kalikkaar) — Players, the people who play a game or sport; one player is kalikkaaran.
- കളിച്ചു (kalichu) — Played, took part in a game or sport; the past form of kalikkuka.
കളിക്കാർ (kalikkaar) is the plural players and കളിച്ചു (kalichu) the past form played. ലാസം (laasam), ലസിക്കുക (lasikkuka) and വിലാസം (vilaasam) are literary words for playfulness and dalliance rather than sport in the athletic sense.
Common questions
How do you say sport in Malayalam?
കളി (kali), used for a game, a sport or a match.
What do you call the players?
കളിക്കാർ (kalikkaar) is the plural; one player is the singular form of the same word.