Thousand in Malayalam
ആയിരം (aayiram) is a thousand, and like its English counterpart it doubles as a word for a great many. Prices, crowds and compliments all use it.
Most common translation
Thousand, the number 1000.
ഈ ഫോണിന് ആയിരം രൂപയാണ്.
ee phoninu aayiram roopayaanu.
This phone costs a thousand rupees.
All Malayalam words for “thousand”
- ആയിരം (aayiram) — Thousand, the number 1000.
- സഹസ്രം (sahasram) — Thousand, a large number.
- ആയിരങ്ങൾ (aayirangal) — Thousands; very many, counted in units of a thousand.
- എണ്ണായിരം (ennayiram) — Eight thousand.
- നൂറു കോടി (nooru kodi) — Billion; a thousand million; counted in Malayalam as nooru kodi, a hundred crore; the English word billyan is also heard.
സഹസ്രം (sahasram) is the Sanskrit thousand, kept for literary and devotional use, and ആയിരങ്ങൾ (aayirangal) is the plural, thousands.
Common questions
How do you say thousand in Malayalam?
ആയിരം (aayiram).
How does Malayalam count large numbers?
In lakhs and crores rather than millions, so a billion comes out as നൂറു കോടി (nooru kodi), a hundred crore.