Women in Malayalam
സ്ത്രീകൾ (sthreekal) is the plural of the ordinary word for woman, made with the regular plural ending, and it is what you read on signboards, in news reports and in government notices.
Most common translation
Women, adult females, ladies; ladies; women, female persons spoken of politely.
ചന്തയിൽ സ്ത്രീകൾ പച്ചക്കറി വിൽക്കുന്നു.
chanthayil sthreekal pachakkari vilkkunnu.
Women sell vegetables in the market.
All Malayalam words for “women”
- സ്ത്രീകൾ (sthreekal) — Women, adult females, ladies; ladies; women, female persons spoken of politely.
- തട്ടം (thattam) — Platter or plate, veil (worn by Muslim women), long cloth tied round the waist, pond, lake.
- തിരിപ്പന് (thirippan) — Wig, false hair used by women, periwig, peruke.
- പട്ടാളക്കാർ (pattaalakkaar) — Soldiers; men and women serving in an army, troops, members of the military.
- പാദസരം (padhasaram) — Anklet for the feet worn by women; a tinkling foot ornament.
- പുടക (pudaka) — Double cloth worn by women, wedding cloth or saree.
- പുടവ (pudava) — Cloth to wear (usually worn by women), saree.
- പൂത്താലി (poothali) — A kind of necklace worn by women.
- മോഹിനിയാട്ടം (mohiniyaattam) — A dance form in Kerala formerly performed by Devadasis (women dedicated to temple service), a kind of nautch dance.
- ഷർട്ട് (shartu) — Shirt; an upper garment with sleeves and buttons, worn by men and women.
- സാരി (saari) — Saree. A long cloth draped around the body by women; sari.
- സിന്ദൂരം (sindooram) — Vermilion, coloured powder, applied on the forehead by women in India esp. by married women, mineral preparation by calcination.
Most of the other entries are things worn by women rather than translations of the word women: സാരി (saari) is a saree and പാദസരം (padhasaram) an anklet.
Common questions
How do you say women in Malayalam?
Women is സ്ത്രീകൾ (sthreekal).
How is the plural made?
The singular takes the regular plural ending to give സ്ത്രീകൾ (sthreekal); Malayalam marks the plural of people as a matter of course.