Hello everyone!

As the name suggests, we are currently searching for a name for our soon-to-be-born child. I have Malayali roots and my wife is German. We live in Germany. It was important to my wife that the child have a name with roots in Kerala. We want the name to be secular and not have religious ties. A gender-neutral name would be even better.

We have thought about and tried several names, but they seem to mostly have religious ties.

So now I turn to you and ask for your help. I would love to hear from everyone.

In case we do find our dream name, of course, I will update you in August when the child is here.

Thank you in advance!

can someone help decipher this manuscript?? i know malayalam but i do not understand the script in this

this is only the first page in the post, will post the link for the entire document in the comments

I am from waynad and was raised in dubai, I studied malayalam for 5 years until 10th. I have been using melil to refer to as up and I gear that in movies and shows to but my family always says molil.

Is this a dialect thing?

I made a song. this line is from the lyrics. Could you let me know if it makes sense, please?

മാമധുരമാ ഋതു തോറ്റുപോകുമാം

എന്റെ നെഞ്ചിലെ കോപ്പയിൽ സേമിയ പായസം

I am not looking for feedback on the creative writing part. Just tell me please if it makes sense grammatically.

That sweetest of seasons would pale in comparison

to the "semiya payasam" in the bowl held against my heart

- this is what I meant

Where can I get a list of all letters that can be combined? I don’t know the proper term for such letters.

Wikipedia seems to have wrong information and so does the keyboard on my phone. I’ll write below the ‘joined’ letters I know. Please correct me if I am wrong or have missed anything. Thank you! 🎉

Letters that double

ക്+ക = ക്ക । ഗ്+ഗ = ഗ്ഗ । ങ്+ങ = ങ്ങ
ച്+ച = ച്ച । ജ്+ജ= ജ്ജ । ഞ്+ഞ = ഞ്ഞ
ട്+ട = ട്ട । ഡ്+ഡ = ഡ്ഡ । ണ്+ണ = ണ്ണ
ത്+ത = ത്ത । ദ്+ദ = ദ്ദ । ന്+ന = ന്ന
പ്+പ = പ്പ । ബ്+ബ= ബ്ബ । മ്+മ = മ്മ
യ്+യ = യ്യ । ല്+ല = ല്ല । വ്+വ = വ്വ
ശ്+ശ = ശ്ശ । സ്+സ = സ്സ । ള്+ള = ള്ള । റ്+റ= റ്റ

Letters that join with other letters:

ക്+ഷ = ക്ഷ । ക്+ല = ക്ല
ഗ്+ന = ഗ്ന । ഗ്+ല = ഗ്ല
ങ്+ക = ങ്ക
ച്+ഛ = ച്ഛച്
ഞ്+ച= ഞ്ച । ഞ്+ജ = ഞ്ജ
ഡ്+ഢ=ഡ്ഢ
ണ്+ട = ണ്ട । ണ്+ഡ= ണ്ഡ
ത്+ഥ = ത്ഥ । ത്+ന= ത്ന । ത്+ല=ത്ല । ത്+സ= ത്സ
ദ്+ധ = ദ്ധ
ന്+ത= ന്ത ।ന്+ഥ=ന്ഥ |ന്+ദ= ന്ദ । ന്+ധ=ന്ധന്
പ്+ല= പ്ല । ഫ്+ല=ഫ്ല । ബ്+ല=ബ്ല
മ്+പ=മ്പ । മ്+ല= മ്ലമ് । ല്+ല=ല്ല
ഹ്+ന=ഹ്ന । ഹ്+മ=ഹ്മ । ഹ്+ല=ഹ്ല

Then there are these:

ഷ്ഷ ഹ്ഹ ഴ്ഴ

I'm a Malayali who grew up outside Kerala. While I'm fluent in the language, there are aspects to it that I'm still learning.

I wanted to understand the differences between "Nee" and "Than". I rarely use "Than" and nobody in my family uses it. I address those who are younger and close to me as "Nee". But I know people in other families who use "Than" to address the same cohort of people.

For eg- "Nee eppo ethi?" vs "Than eppo ethi?"

Please can someone highlight the main differences and explain which is more polite and socially acceptable?

I was chatting with a friend and mentioned that the sky looked like stretch marks. I asked what the word for stretch marks is in Tamizh, and he said “viri thazhumbugal” It sounded so poetic that I couldn’t stop thinking about it.

That got me wondering does Malayalam have a similarly beautiful or specific word for stretch marks other than this?

Hey!

I’m a native Malayalam speaker and I have some free time these days.

I was thinking of helping anyone who wants to learn Malayalam—basic words, sentences, or anything you’re curious about.

(I’m not an expert in teaching, just trying to help in the best way I can)

Update: Since many are interested, I’m creating a Telegram group for Malayalam learners. DM me if you want to join

Do spoken malyalam differentiate between these two sounds I know that റ്റ gives a tt sound as in middle tamizh and izhar tamizh but i love to listen to many malayalm songs where i find the letter often sound pretty similar like the pavizha mazha and puthu mazha or theerame നിറഞ്ഞ്, നിറം etc are often times pronounced with the former r

Is it to my ears or are they softening it

I am tamizh and in my dialect we do differentiate it from ர (ര)and ற (റ) റ്റ~ற்ற

Curious

chick is an informal term for a girl or young woman

What is the colloq phrase for the proverb "i will show you my other side"

Aswell what is the word for fight in Malayalam?? Gimme some phrases related to that

I'm a student who struggles with malayalam especially essay writings.As per the title,I hope to know if there is any site specially with the most recent topics like the protest by CJP.

If anyone could provide me with essays, please let me know.

Hello guys what does the song Ethu Kari Raavilum from Bangalore Days mean? I kind of understand what it means literally but what does it mean poetically? I am looking for different interpretations i guess. Particularly these lines:

"ഏതു കരി രാവിലും
ഒരു ചെറു കസവിഴ തുന്നും കിരണമേ
ഈ ഹൃദയ വാതിലിൻ പഴുതിലുമൊഴുകി വരൂ

അരികിലെ പുതു മന്ദാരമായി വിടരു നീ
പുണരുവാൻ കൊതി തോന്നുന്നൊരീ പുലരിയിൽ
അങ്ങെങ്ങൊ നിൻ പൊൻപീലി മിന്നുന്നുവോ
അതിലൊന്നെൻറെ നെഞ്ചോരമെയ്യുന്നുവോ
ഉണർന്നു ഞാൻ"

Guys I was understanding malayalam and I was totally confused because I wanna know first that lang which in future helps me to understand 2nd lang means if I know tamil then it helps me in understanding malayalam or if I know malayalam it helps me to understand tamil

And for this reason i asked ai tell me which one to choose ai told me to choose tamil because if I choose tamil then I can easily understand malayalam

But I need your help tell me is it real or not like I have to choose tamil then malayalam or i have to choose malayalam then I can understand tamil also ?

Because then I'll start revision of tamil or if malayalam is for this I'll start revision of malayalam?

നിവർത്തി ഇല്ല how did it come to mean "no way"? When നിവർത്തി means straighten ... Have i been using it wrongly?

Basically the title

മലയാളത്തിൽ fa എന്ന അക്ഷരം ഉണ്ടോ? Pha അല്ലേ ഉള്ളത്. Fa ശബ്ദം അറബി ഹിന്ദി ഉറുദുവിൽ നിന്ന് വന്നതാണോ?

I’m a malayali who was born and raised in the UK, and I’m learning how to read and write in Malayalam.

Are there any malayalam word (synonyms) for starfish other than "nakshatramalsyam"?

This has been confusing since childhood for me,Now I'm 10th btw.

I’m a native Malayalam speaker and I have some free time these days.

I was thinking of helping anyone who wants to learn Malayalam—basic words, sentences, or anything you’re curious about.

(I’m not an expert in teaching, just trying to help in the best way I can)

I am slightly confused on the pronunciation of ട. Sometimes it comes in the form of a "ta" sound and other times sounds like a "da" sound. For example:

കഷ്ടം (kashtam) - has a ta sound
സങ്കടം (sankadam) - has a da sound

I know when its a conjuct consonant its almost always a "tta" sound like പെട്ടി (petti). however idk if im mising something for the above examples that is preventing me from understanding.