Wanderer in Malayalam
നാടോടി (nadodi) is the wanderer with no fixed place, the roamer or nomad. Say naa-do-di. The same word names folk song and folk art, the tradition carried by travelling performers.
Most common translation
A run- about, a vagrant, tramp, wanderer.
ആ നാടോടി പല നാടുകൾ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്.
aa nadodi pala naadukal kandittundu.
That wanderer has seen many lands.
All Malayalam words for “wanderer”
- നാടോടി (nadodi) — A run- about, a vagrant, tramp, wanderer.
- തെണ്ടി (thendi) — Beggar, wanderer.
- സഞ്ചാരി (sanchaari) — Traveller, wanderer.
സഞ്ചാരി (sanchaari) is a traveller with a destination, and തെണ്ടി (thendi) is a beggar or vagrant, a word used as an insult.
Common questions
How do you say wanderer in Malayalam?
A wanderer is നാടോടി (nadodi).
Why is folk song named from this word?
Because the songs were carried from place to place by wandering singers, so the word for the wanderer came to label the whole tradition.