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100 Malayalam Words which will Help You
Let us get familiar with 100 Malayalam words.
1. 'ethra roopa' or 'enthanu vila' – what is the cost / price?
2. 'vila' – cost / price
3. ‘kada’ – shop
4. ‘aalkkar’ – people
5. ‘all koottam’ – crowd
6. ‘veyil’ – sunshine
7. ‘thee’ – fire
8. ‘paathram’ – vessel/ dish
9. ‘mazha’ – rain
10. ‘sukhamano’ - how are you?
11. ‘varu’ – come
12. ‘poku’ – go
13. ‘irikku’ – have a seat / sit
14. ‘kasera’ – chair
15. ‘mesha’ – table
16. ‘thuni’ – cloth
17. ‘kannadi’ – mirror
18. ‘chettan’ – elder brother
19. ‘chechi’ – elder sister
20. ‘koottukaran – friend
21. ‘amma’ – mother
22. ‘achan’ – father
23. ‘ammooma’ – grandmother
24. ‘appoopan’ – grandfather
25. ‘bhaarya’ – wife
26. ‘bharthav’ – husband
27. ‘makan’ – son
28. ‘makal’ - daughter
29. ‘megham’ – cloud
30. ‘chaaya’ – tea
31. ‘kaappi’ - coffee
32. 'oru chaaya venam' – can I have a cup of tea?
33. 'ethra maniyayi' or 'samayam ethrayayi' – what is the time now?
34. 'chorum meen kariyum kittumo' – can I get rice and fish curry?
35. ‘vellam’ - water
36. 'vellam venam' – can I have some water? / I need water
37. ‘choodu vellam venam – can I have some hot water?
38. ‘thanuth vellam venam’ - can I have some cold water?
39. ‘marunnu’ - medicine
40. ‘per entha’ - what’s your name?
41. 'vandi' – vehicle
42. ‘ariyilla’ – don’t know
43. 'naale kaanam' - see you tomorrow
44. 'aaharam’ / ‘bhakshanam’ – food
45. 'ambalam' - temple
46. 'palli' - mosque / church
47. 'kattan chaya' - black tea
48. 'karikku' - tender coconut
49. 'venda' – don’t want
50. 'meen curry' - fish curry
51. 'sadya' - traditional Kerala feast
52. 'vaikunneram' - evening time
53. 'raathri' - night time
54. 'ningal' - you
55. 'thaangal' - you (with respect)
56. 'ayaal' / 'iyaal' - He
57. ‘kanji’ - porridge
58. ‘vayar vedana’ – stomach ache
59. 'ival' / 'aval' - she
60. ‘vedana’ – pain
61. ‘deham’ – body
62. ‘deham vedhana’ – body pain
63. ‘chuma’ – cough
64. ‘thonda’ – throat
65. ‘thonda vedana’ – throat pain
66. ‘nenju’ – chest
67. ‘thala’ - head
68. 'thala vedana' - head-ache
69. 'pani' - fever
70. ‘thanuppu’ - cold
71. 'jala dosham' - cold / flu
72. 'thummuka' - sneeze
73. 'paaattu' - song
74. 'kattan kaappi' - black coffee
75. 'kutti' - child (boy and girl)
76. 'aashupathri' - hospital
77. 'raktham' - blood
78. 'thenga' - coconut
79. 'pokenda vazhi' – way to go
80. 'karimeen fry' - pearl spot fry
81. 'maram' - tree
82. 'kaayal' - backwater
83. 'kallu' - toddy
84. 'karupp' - black
85. 'vellupp' - white
86. 'paisa, roopa' - money
87. 'sooryan' - sun
88. 'kai' - hand
89. 'kaal' - leg
90. 'naale' - tomorrow
91. 'innale' - yesterday
92. 'santhosham' - happy
93. ‘vishakkunnu’- hungry
94. 'kadal' - sea
95. 'paayasam' - traditional dessert
96. 'paal' - Milk
97. 'daaham' – thirst
98. ‘kurumulaku’ – pepper
99. ‘venam’ – want
100. ‘madhuram’ - sweet
