Story-telling in Malayalam
കഥാകഥനം (kathaakathanam) is storytelling, the act of narrating a story. Say ka-thaa-ka-tha-nam, with the long second syllable. It is a formal compound, the kind used in programme listings and school descriptions.
Most common translation
Story-telling.
കുട്ടികൾക്ക് കഥാകഥനം വളരെ ഇഷ്ടമാണ്.
kuttikalkk kathaakathanam valare ishtamaan.
Children like story-telling very much.
All Malayalam words for “story-telling”
- കഥാകഥനം (kathaakathanam) — Story-telling.
- ചാക്യാര്കൂത്ത് (chaakyarkooth) — Story-telling by Chakyars.
ചാക്യാര്കൂത്ത് (chaakyarkooth) is one particular kind of storytelling, the solo narration a Chakyar gives in temple precincts, not the general word.
Common questions
How do you say story-telling in Malayalam?
Storytelling is കഥാകഥനം (kathaakathanam).
What is chaakyarkooth?
A temple art in which a performer narrates stories from the epics, mixing commentary with open teasing of the audience; it is the oldest form of storytelling still staged in Kerala.