Tramp in Malayalam
അലവലാതി (alavalathi) is the tramp in the dismissive English sense, a ragged loafer with nowhere to be. There is a sneer built into it, so use it knowing that. Five light syllables that tumble out quickly.
Tramp, beggar, person in tattered clothes, loafer.
അലവലാതി ആയി നടക്കരുതെന്ന് അമ്മ ശാസിച്ചു.
alavalathi aayi nadakkaruthennu amma shaasichu.
Mother scolded him not to wander about like a tramp.
All Malayalam words for “tramp”
- അലവലാതി (alavalathi) — Tramp, beggar, person in tattered clothes, loafer.
- നാടോടി (nadodi) — A run- about, a vagrant, tramp, wanderer.
നാടോടി (nadodi) is milder and broader, a wanderer or nomad, and the same word means folk, as in folk song, so it carries none of the contempt of അലവലാതി (alavalathi).
Common questions
How do you say tramp in Malayalam?
അലവലാതി (alavalathi) for the pejorative sense; നാടോടി (nadodi) for a wanderer without the insult.
Why does നാടോടി (nadodi) also mean folk?
It literally means one who roams the land, and the word came to describe travelling people along with their songs and arts.