Wedding in Malayalam
A wedding is വിവാഹം (vivaaham), the word for both the ceremony and the state of marriage. Say vivaaham with a long aa in the middle and the stress there. It appears on invitation cards, in registers and in ordinary talk.
Marriage, wedding.
ചേച്ചിയുടെ വിവാഹം ഞായറാഴ്ച ആണ്.
chechiyude vivaaham njaayaraazhcha aanu.
My elder sister's wedding is on Sunday.
All Malayalam words for “wedding”
- വിവാഹം (vivaaham) — Marriage, wedding.
- കതിര്മണ്ഡപം (kathirmandapam) — Decorated dais pavilion hall for wedding ceremony.
- കല്യാണം കഴിഞ്ഞ (kalyanam kazhinja) — Married, having a husband or wife (literally: whose wedding has taken place).
- കല്യാണഘോഷം (kalyaanaghosham) — Marriage celebration, wedding feast.
- കല്യാണമണ്ഡപം (kalyaanamandapam) — Wedding pavilion.
- താലി (thaali) — The wedding string or chain tied by the bridegroom round the neck of the bride.
- പുടക (pudaka) — Double cloth worn by women, wedding cloth or saree.
- പുടമുറി (pudamuri) — Piece of cloth about nine yards, presenting cloth to the bride by the groom (is a part of the wedding ceremony).
- വൈവാഹികം (vaivaahikam) — That which is related to wedding or marriage.
The rest of the entries are parts of the occasion: കല്യാണമണ്ഡപം (kalyaanamandapam) is the wedding pavilion, കല്യാണഘോഷം (kalyaanaghosham) the feast and celebration, താലി (thaali) the marriage chain, and പുടക (pudaka) the wedding cloth.
Common questions
How do you say wedding in Malayalam?
Wedding is വിവാഹം (vivaaham).
What do you call the wedding pavilion?
കല്യാണമണ്ഡപം (kalyaanamandapam), the decorated hall or dais where the ceremony takes place; an older term for it is കതിര്മണ്ഡപം (kathirmandapam).