Meanings
proper noun
- A Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep in India.
Padmanabhan uttered a command in Malayalam, the regional language.
2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2014
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Dravidian language (closely related to Tamil) that is spoken in southwestern India
Similar
Malayalam language
Broader
South DravidianSouth Dravidian language
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Malayalamമല (mala)
- Malayalamഅളം (aḷaṁ)
- Malayalamമലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ)
- EnglishMalayalam
Borrowed from Malayalam മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ), from മല (mala, “hill, mountain”) + അളം (aḷaṁ, “place”).
More words from Malayalam
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic الْمَلَيَالَمِيَّة
- الْمَلَيَالَمِيَّة (al-malayālamiyya)language
Bengali মালয়ালম ভাষা
- মালয়ালম ভাষা (malẏalom bhaśa)language
Catalan malaiàlam
- malaiàlamlanguage
Chinese Mandarin 馬拉雅拉姆語 /马拉雅拉姆语
- 馬拉雅拉姆語 /马拉雅拉姆语 (Mǎlāyǎlāmǔ-yǔ)language
Czech malajálamština, malajalámský
- malajálamštinalanguage
- malajalámskýlanguage
Danish malayalam
- malayalamlanguage
Dutch Malayalam
- Malayalamlanguage
Esperanto malajala lingvo
- malajala lingvolanguage
Finnish malajalam
- malajalamlanguage
French malayalam
- malayalamlanguage
German Malayalam, Malajalam
- Malayalamlanguage
- Malajalamlanguage
Greek μαλαγιαλαμικά
- μαλαγιαλαμικά (malagialamiká)language
Hebrew מליילם
- מליילםlanguage
Hindi मलयालम
- मलयालम (malayālam)language
Hungarian malajálam
- malajálamlanguage
Irish Mailéalaimis
- Mailéalaimislanguage
Italian malayalam
- malayalamlanguage
Japanese マラヤーラム語
- マラヤーラム語 (Marayāramu-go)language
Korean 말라얄람어
- 말라얄람어 (mallayallameo)language
Lithuanian malajalių kalba
- malajalių kalbalanguage
Malay Malayalam, bahasa Malayalam
- Malayalamlanguage
- bahasa Malayalamlanguage
Norwegian Bokmål malayalam
- malayalamlanguage
Polish malajalam
- malajalamlanguage
Portuguese malaiala
- malaialalanguage
Russian малая́лам
- малая́лам (malajálam)language
Slovak malajálamčina
- malajálamčinalanguage
Spanish malayalam, malabar
- malayalamlanguage
- malabarlanguage
Swedish malayalam
- malayalamlanguage
Tagalog wikang Malayalam
- wikang Malayalamlanguage
Tamil மலையாளம்
- மலையாளம் (malaiyāḷam)language
Thai ภาษามาลายาลัม, ภาษามลยาฬัม
- ภาษามาลายาลัม (paasăa maalaayaalam)language
- ภาษามลยาฬัมlanguage
Welsh Malaialam
- Malaialamlanguage
Cite this entry
APA
Malayalam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayalam
MLA
“Malayalam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayalam. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malayalam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malayalam.
Source: Malayalam on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.