Tamil in Malayalam
This entry has no Malayalam word for Tamil. കടവുള് (kadavul) is a Tamil word for God, familiar to Malayalam readers from devotional songs and film dialogue, and it is tagged Tamil in the gloss, which is how it landed here.
(Tamil) God.
കടവുൾ എല്ലാവരെയും കാക്കുമെന്ന് മുത്തശ്ശി പറയും.
kadavul ellavareyum kaakkumennu muthashi parayum.
Grandmother says God will protect everyone.
Dictionary entry
- കടവുള് (kadavul) — (Tamil) God.
Malayalam names the language and its people with its own noun, not with കടവുള് (kadavul); treat this page as a Tamil loanword rather than a translation.
Common questions
How do you say Tamil in Malayalam?
Not with anything on this page. കടവുള് (kadavul) is itself a Tamil word meaning God, not the name of the language.
Why does a Tamil word sit in a Malayalam dictionary?
The two languages share deep roots and Kerala borrows freely, so കടവുള് (kadavul) is recognised even though it is not Malayalam.