Synagogue in Malayalam
ജൂതപ്പള്ളി (joothappalli) joins the word for Jewish with the word Malayalam uses for a church or a mosque, giving synagogue. Kerala has its own, most famously in Kochi, which keeps the word alive.
Most common translation
Synagogue.
കൊച്ചിയിലെ ജൂതപ്പള്ളി ഞങ്ങൾ സന്ദർശിച്ചു.
kochiyile joothappalli njangal sandarshichu.
We visited the synagogue in Kochi.
Dictionary entry
- ജൂതപ്പള്ളി (joothappalli) — Synagogue.
The second half of the compound is the general word for a place of worship other than a temple, so the first half does all the specifying.
Common questions
How do you say synagogue in Malayalam?
ജൂതപ്പള്ളി (joothappalli).
Why does the word resemble the one for church?
Because both use the same Malayalam word for a house of worship; only the first part of ജൂതപ്പള്ളി (joothappalli) marks it as Jewish.