Storey in Malayalam
നില (nila) is the storey of a building, the floor level counted from the ground up. Two short syllables, ni-la. The same word means condition or state, so it leans on context.
Most common translation
Condition, state, position, a fathom depth, (water level up to one's head), standing, camp, stature, manners, storey of a building.
കിണറ്റിലെ വെള്ളത്തിന്റെ നില താഴ്ന്നു.
kinattile vellathinte nila thaazhnnu.
The water level in the well went down.
All Malayalam words for “storey”
- നില (nila) — Condition, state, position, a fathom depth, (water level up to one's head), standing, camp, stature, manners, storey of a building.
- അട്ടം (attam) — Terraced or staired building, ceiling used as a store, upper storey, garret, loft.
- മച്ച് (mach) — Ceiling paved with planks, upper storey of a building, apartment, closet, arrogance, attic.
- മാളിക (maalika) — Building with more than one storey, mansion of the aristocrats or the rich.
- മേത്തട്ട് (methattu) — Ceiling, upper storey, high level, upper class (economically).
മാളിക (maalika) is a building of more than one storey, a mansion, while മേത്തട്ട് (methattu) and മച്ച് (mach) are the ceiling or the floor above.
Common questions
How do you say storey in Malayalam?
A storey is നില (nila).
How do you say a two storey house?
The number goes in front of നില (nila) and the word for house follows, so the storey count is built into the phrase rather than said separately.