Village in Malayalam
ഗ്രാമം (graamam) is the village, and by extension the countryside as a whole. Say graa-mam. It is the word in official revenue records and in any sentence setting village against town.
Most common translation
Village, countryside, street, community.
എന്റെ ഗ്രാമം വളരെ മനോഹരമാണ്.
ente graamam valare manoharamaanu.
My village is very beautiful.
All Malayalam words for “village”
- ഗ്രാമം (graamam) — Village, countryside, street, community.
- ഊര് (ooru) — Village, town, place.
- ചേരി (cheri) — Street, village, hut, slum, a party or faction, crowd, one of the two sides (blocs) in a dispute.
- തറ (thara) — Floor, ground, field, raised platform, hut, village, sacrificial altar.
- മണിയം (maniyam) — Superintendence of temple, palace, village, etc.
- മുറി (muri) — Piece, fragment, slice, room, chamber, wound, loin cloth worm by woman, a village.
- അധികാരി (adhikari) — Person in authority, boss, village officer.
- കര (kara) — Shore, bank, land, part of a village, border line of a cloth dhoti.
- കരയോഗം (karayogam) — Village assembly.
- ഗ്രാമസഭ (graamasabha) — Village assembly.
ഊര് (ooru) is warmer and more personal, one's own native place, while ചേരി (cheri) has drifted towards a settlement or a faction and can sound slighting.
Common questions
How do you say village in Malayalam?
Village is ഗ്രാമം (graamam).
What is the village officer called?
അധികാരി (adhikari), the person in authority, is the title used for the village officer in Kerala revenue administration.