Window in Malayalam
A window is ജനൽ (janal), the opening in a wall that lets in light and air. Say janal with a soft j and the stress on the first syllable. It is the universal spoken word, borrowed long ago and completely at home.
Most common translation
Window, the opening in a wall that lets in light and air.
ജനൽ അടച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.
janal adachittundu.
The window is closed.
All Malayalam words for “window”
- ജനൽ (janal) — Window, the opening in a wall that lets in light and air.
- ജനല് (janal) — Window.
- ജാലകം (jaalakam) — Window, lattice-window, fresh flower bud, multitude, the calyx as it appears before budding, ornament for the head, fraud.
- ചാലകം (chaalakam) — Conductor, window, net, spider's web.
- അടയ്ക്കുക (adaykkuka) — To pay, to settle a bill or a fee, to hand over money; paid, gave the money due, settled a bill or fee; listed here as the verb to pay; shut; to close a door, window or lid, to close a shop for the day.
ജാലകം (jaalakam) is the Sanskritic word, used of a latticed window in literature and temple architecture, and the window sense of ചാലകം (chaalakam) is marginal, that word meaning mainly a conductor or a net.
Common questions
How do you say window in Malayalam?
Window is ജനൽ (janal).
Which word would a poem use?
ജാലകം (jaalakam), the classical word for a lattice window, which also carries senses like a flower bud and a multitude.