Theatre in Malayalam
നാടകശാല (naadakashaala) is the theatre as a building for plays, from the words for drama and hall. രംഗശാല (ramgashaala) is its close equivalent and is also used of the stage itself.
Most common translation
Theatre.
സ്കൂളിന് അടുത്ത് പുതിയ നാടകശാല ഉണ്ട്.
skoolinu aduthu puthiya naadakashaala undu.
There is a new theatre near the school.
All Malayalam words for “theatre”
- നാടകശാല (naadakashaala) — Theatre.
- രംഗശാല (ramgashaala) — Theatre, drama stage.
- കൊട്ടക (kottaka) — Pandal, theatre, thatched pavilion, entertainment hall.
- രംഗം (ramgam) — Stage, dais, platform, theatre stage, assembly, battlefield, colour, white lead (tin), dance, amusement, entertainment.
- സിനിമകൾ (sinimakal) — Movies; films, motion pictures shown in a theatre or on a screen; films; movies, motion pictures made for the cinema or television.
A cinema is not called നാടകശാല (naadakashaala) in Kerala: a film hall is the English word theatre in speech, or കൊട്ടക (kottaka) in older usage. രംഗം (ramgam) is the stage, not the venue.
Common questions
How do you say theatre in Malayalam?
നാടകശാല (naadakashaala), for a playhouse.
What is a cinema called?
In speech, the English word theatre; the older Malayalam term is കൊട്ടക (kottaka), a thatched pavilion used for shows.