Year in Malayalam

വർഷം (varsham) is the word for year, used for a date, a school year and a company's results alike. The identical form also means rain and the rainy season, which is why the dictionary carries two entries for it.

Most common translation

വർഷം (varsham)

Year; a period of twelve months.

ഈ വർഷം നല്ല വിളവുണ്ടായി.

ee varsham nalla vilavundayi.

There was a good harvest this year.

All Malayalam words for “year”

ആണ്ട് (aand) is the older Dravidian word, still alive in anniversaries and in rural speech, and സംവത്സരം (samvalsaram) is the Sanskritic formal term for a year.

Common questions

How do you say year in Malayalam?

Year is വർഷം (varsham).

How do you say leap year?

അധിവര്‍ഷം (adhivarsham), the prefix meaning extra placed in front of the word for year.