Western in Malayalam
Western is പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ (padinjaaran), the adjective from the word for west, used of a western wind, a western boundary or the western part of a district. Say padinjaaran with a long aa and a final n. It is a plain word of direction.
Western, of the west, lying to the west; for Western countries and culture paashchaathya is used.
പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ കാറ്റ് വീശുന്നു.
padinjaaran kaattu veeshunnu.
A western wind is blowing.
All Malayalam words for “western”
- പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ (padinjaaran) — Western, of the west, lying to the west; for Western countries and culture paashchaathya is used.
- അലോപ്പതി (aloppathi) — The western system of medicine.
- പടിഞ്ഞാറ് (padinjaaru) — West, the direction where the sun sets; the western side.
- ഫ്രാൻസ് (fraans) — France, the country in western Europe whose capital is Paris.
For Western in the cultural sense, Western countries, Western music, Western dress, Malayalam uses a separate Sanskritic adjective instead; അലോപ്പതി (aloppathi) is the term for Western medicine specifically.
Common questions
How do you say western in Malayalam?
Western is പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ (padinjaaran).
Which word is used for Western countries and culture?
Not this one. A different Sanskritic adjective covers that sense, while പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ (padinjaaran) stays with physical direction.