Town in Malayalam
പട്ടണം (pattanam) is the everyday word for a town or a city, the place you go to for the market and the bus stand. It is also the second half of several Kerala place names. Three syllables with a doubled consonant in the middle.
Most common translation
Town, city.
ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഗ്രാമം ഇപ്പോള് പട്ടണം പോലെയായി.
njangalude graamam ippol pattanam poleyaayi.
Our village has now become like a town.
All Malayalam words for “town”
- പട്ടണം (pattanam) — Town, city.
- നഗര് (nagar) — Town, city.
- പുരി (puri) — Town, city, capital city, fort, house, body, king, river.
- പൂര് (poor) — Town, city.
- അഗാരം (agaram) — House, town.
- ഊര് (ooru) — Village, town, place.
- അങ്ങാടിപ്പാട്ട് (angadippattu) — Street gossip, public scandal, widespread, rumour, bazaar talk, the talk of the town.
- തെരുവുകൾ (theruvukal) — Streets. Public roads in a town, with houses and shops along them.
- തെരുവ് (theruvu) — Street. A road in a town with houses or shops along it; lane.
- നഗര (nagara) — Urban. Relating to a city or town rather than to the countryside.
- നഗരം (nagaram) — Big town.
നഗര് (nagar), പുരി (puri) and പൂര് (poor) are literary words for a city that survive mostly inside names, and ഊര് (ooru) is a village or native place.
Common questions
How do you say town in Malayalam?
പട്ടണം (pattanam), which covers both a town and a city.
Does Malayalam distinguish town from city?
Not sharply. One word serves both, with size made clear by context or by adding the word for big.