Supper in Malayalam
അത്താഴം (athaazham) is the evening meal, the one eaten before bed, and it is the word used in Kerala homes. രാത്രിഭക്ഷണം (raathribhakshanam) says night food and sounds like a menu or a hospital chart.
Most common translation
Dinner; the evening meal, supper.
നീ അത്താഴം കഴിച്ചോ?
nee athaazham kazhicho?
Have you had dinner?
All Malayalam words for “supper”
- അത്താഴം (athaazham) — Dinner; the evening meal, supper.
- രാത്രിഭക്ഷണം (raathribhakshanam) — Supper.
- അത്താഴംമുടക്കി (athazham mudakki) — That does not let one have one's supper, trouble-monger, nuisance.
There is a fine old insult in this list too: അത്താഴംമുടക്കി (athazham mudakki) is a trouble maker who stops you eating your supper in peace.
Common questions
How do you say supper in Malayalam?
അത്താഴം (athaazham).
Which word would a formal notice use?
രാത്രിഭക്ഷണം (raathribhakshanam), the literal night meal.